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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OE.

daper

; prob. fr. D.

dapper

brave, valiant; akin to G.

tapfer

brave, OHG.

taphar

heavy, weighty, OSlav.

dobrŭ

good, Russ.

dobrui

. Cf.

Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.

He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a

dapper

little man.

Milton.

The

dapper

ditties that I wont devise.

Spenser.

Sharp-nosed,

dapper

steam yachts.

Julian Hawthorne.

Adj.

Active; nimble; brisk; or little and active; neat; tight; as a dapper fellow; a dapper spark.