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Definition: DIDAPPER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Dabchick": A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Didapper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DIDAPPER

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A bird that dives into the water, a species of Colymbus.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary 1: [Noun] (pejoratively) One who disappears for a time and suddenly reappears. (references)
  2: [Noun] A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: DIDAPPER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Dabchick": A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DIDAPPER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DIDAPPER

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] A bird that dives into the water, a species of Colymbus.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary1: [Noun] (pejoratively) One who disappears for a time and suddenly reappears. (references)
 2: [Noun] A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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