Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat dim; dimmish.
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- adjective dated somewhat
dim ;dimmish
Etymologies
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Examples
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Next time Scalia claims that progressives can only reach just results by consulting "the oracles of legislative history, far into the dimmy past," they should remind him that the oracular visions of Justice Scalia, while perhaps more vivid, are no more legitimate.
Elizabeth B. Wydra: Scalia's "Textualism" Is Really "The Text According To Scalia" 2010
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August 2, 2008 at 1:46 am why yoo doo dis to me dimmy?
BE HEALED! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Sergeant Belcore: She's dumped me for dimmy/Whose chances I thought slimmy/But I'm not that irate/As her bum wasn't that great.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Sergeant Belcore: She's dumped me for dimmy/Whose chances I thought slimmy/But I'm not that irate/As her bum wasn't that great.
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Sergeant Belcore: She's dumped me for dimmy/Whose chances I thought slimmy/But I'm not that irate/As her bum wasn't that great.
The Guardian World News John Crace 2010
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Sergeant Belcore: She's dumped me for dimmy/Whose chances I thought slimmy/But I'm not that irate/As her bum wasn't that great.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk John Crace 2010
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A man's nimble enough in the legs when he can git to the dimmy-john. "
Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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(I added the "h" this time dimmy, although Commenting Policy
Say Anything 2008
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