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didapper (ˈdaɪˌdæpə(r)) Forms: 5 dydoppar, 6–7 dydopper, 7 didopper, dydapper, dy-dapper, 6–9 diedapper, 6– didapper. [A reduced form of dive-dapper, in same sense.] 1. A small diving water-fowl; = dabchick.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 121/1 Dydoppar, watyr byrde. 1565–73 Cooper Thesaurus, Collimbris, the bi...
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Del Henney
When Eight Bells Toll (1971) – Dungeon Guard
Villain (1971) – Webb
Straw Dogs (1971) – Charlie Venner
Brannigan (1975) – Drexel
Joseph Andrews (1977) – Didapper's
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John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey
Battestin, suggest that Pope's friend and fellow-satirist Henry Fielding intended the character of Beau Didapper in Joseph Andrews to be read as Hervey Didapper is also compared to Hylas, and is mistaken for a woman in the dark on account of his soft skin.
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Joseph Andrews
Lady Booby, in a last-ditch attempt to sabotage the marriage, brings a young beau named Didapper to Adams's house to seduce Fanny. Didapper is too bold in his approach and provokes Joseph into a fight.
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dive-dapper
ˈdive-dapper Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 dive-doppel, 6–7 dive-dopper. [The form dive-doppel is app. a dim. of divedop, -dap; the form in -dapper, -dopper, is assimilated to agent-nouns in -er.] A small diving waterfowl; a dabchick; = didapper; also applied to other diving water fowls.1559 Becon Display....
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Murray Melvin
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Blifil
The Ballad of Salomon Pavey (1977)
Gulliver's Travels (voice, 1977)
Joseph Andrews (1977) – Beau Didapper
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dopper
† ˈdopper1 Obs. Also 5 dooper, dowpar. [f. dop v. + -er1.] One who or that which ‘dops’. 1. A diving-bird, a didapper.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 127/1 Doppar, or dydoppar, watyr byrde. 1530 Palsgr. 214/2 Doppar, byrde. 1634 W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. i. viii, Snites, Doppers, Sea-Larkes. 2. A fishing-rod used...
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dipper
dipper (ˈdɪpə(r)) [f. dip v. + -er1.] 1. One who dips, in various senses; spec. a. One who immerses something in a fluid; chiefly in technical uses.1611 Cotgr., Trempeur, a dipper, wetter, moistener. 1762 Derrick Lett. (1767) II. 51 There are women always ready to present you with a cup of water who...
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第二代赫维男爵约翰·赫维
Battestin认为,蒲柏的好友、作家亨利·菲尔丁在其小说Joseph Andrews中的一个角色Beau Didapper也刻意影射了赫维。 这个角色顺从于「大人物」(很明显是指沃波尔首相)的命令:「他含蓄地屈从,牺牲了他的良心、荣誉和国家(which he implicitly submitted to, at the Expence of his Conscience, his Honour, and of his Country.)」Didapper
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sprigtail
sprig tail, sprigtail [f. sprig n.1] 1. A short pointed tail.1676 Lond. Gaz. No. 1108/4 A Bay Mare above 14 hands, a Sprig Tail. 1690 Ibid. No. 2607/4 He had with him a white Mungrel crop-ear'd Dog, with a sprig Tail. 1721 Ibid. No. 6000/3 A black Gelding..with a Sprig Tail, a little Hair upon it. 1...
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ducker
▪ I. ducker1 (ˈdʌkə(r)) Forms: 5 dokare, 5–6 dowker, 6 douker, Sc. dowcare, 7 doucker, 9 Sc. dooker, 7– ducker. [f. duck v. + -er1. In sense 2 it corresponds to MDu. and MLG. dûker, Du. duiker, Ger. taucher diver (bird).] One who or that which ducks or dives. 1. A person who ducks or dives under wat...
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dabchick
dabchick (ˈdæbtʃɪk) Forms: α. 6 dapchicke, dopchicken, 6–7 dopchick(e; β. 7 dip-chicke, 9 dibchick; γ. 6 dobchickin, 7–8 dobchick; δ. 7–9 dab-chick, 8– dabchick. [The early forms dap-, dop-chick, with the later dip-chick, and synonym dopper, appear to connect the first part of the word with the abla...
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