КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «DIMPSY»
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'Sit down, please,' said Dimpsy, pointing to a chair behind the desk. Athene didas
she was told. At the back ofthe room was a wooden trunk and, while Athene
practised scratchystrokes with the quill featherpen, Dimpsy knelt beside the trunk
...
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Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera
It was with some relief that Dimpsy Wickett-Coote received the message that had
been rung through to Les Deux Mangetouts. Her best friend Twinks would be
leaving Paris the following morning on her way to the South of France. The
problem ...
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Roads to Travel: God Initiating Reforms
In 1963, the day our president was assassinated, God called me to serve in His army.
Dimpsy K. Strickland, 2002
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How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie, a ...
sleepy; dusky (Devon) The use of the word dimpsy to mean 'sleepy' suggests an
intriguing link between two ideas with which it is connected: twilight and haziness
. In Devon, you might hear that 'it's getting a bit dimpsy'; in other words, dusk is ...
Eden Phillpotts. A DEVON COURTING BIRDS gived awver singin', Flittermice
was wingin', Mist lay on the meadows — A purty sight to see. Downlong in the
dimpsy, the dimpsy, the dimpsy — Downlong in the dimpsy Theer went a maid wi'
me.
'Why Dimpsy?' Faraday had noticed the name etched on a slate besidethe front
door. 'We goto the West Country a lot, years back. We had a camper van.
Dimpsy's usedto anold Devon word for twilight. We couldn't resist it.' 'Twilight?' '
Sunset.
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Up-along and Down-along
Eden Phillpotts. No. Ill A DEVON COURTING BIRDS gived awver singin',
Flittermice was wingin', Mist lay on the meadows — A purty sight to see.
Downlong in the dimpsy, the dimpsy, the dimpsy- Downlong in the dimpsy Theer
went a maid wi' ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Hence Dimpsy, (1) sb. twilight, dusk; (2) adj. dark, dim ; (3) phr. dimpsy brown,
dull brown, mouse-coloured. (1) Som. You should see them in the dimpsies;
that's the time for them (L.K.L.). w.Som.1 Dev. On a night when the dimpsy comed
down ...
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Tales of the Day: Selected from the Most Distinguished ...
it — an' a bookbinder by trade intill that young villain, with a man named Dimpsy,
robbed me of two hundred and twilve pounds|in handsome French money, and
three tin pound notes that the woman put by for savin's, which the thieves bruk ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
1910 They fought with pistols in the dimpsy of the morning. (p. 1 1) 1910 Then it
was, in the dimpsy of the morning, that she found that. (p. 42) Phillpotts, Eden.
Tales of the Tenements. New York: John Lane Company, 1910. Sweep dirt out of
...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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She spoke with reporter Lo Benichou about her story. MICAH TRON: Tramicah Dimpsy is my government name. Micah Tron is my artist name. «KALW, Апр 13»
Enjoyment and friendships - 40 years of mini rugby
As the frost cleared and a dimpsy winter morning sparked into life, a turquoise sky and bright sunshine bathed the Blackmore Field and ... «Sidmouth Herald, Дек 11»
Regional phrases preserved in new wordbank so you can tell a …
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Dimpsy says: ... My condolences to you, Dimpsy. ... Dimpsy, we are neighbors to David and Terry and I offer you my deepest condolenses. «FlaglerLive.com, Мар 11»
How To Talk Like A Local, By Susie Dent
The Devonian term dimpsy for dreamy or crepuscular is pleasingly evocative, likewise the East Midlands clammed for hungry (it may be a ... «Independent, Фев 11»
