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Dimmock

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A foolish person; a dimwit. UK, slang

    "Well, first, to all the dimmocks out there, I have only one thing to say. Please take your felt tips AWAY from the TV screen. Right, now throw them away, you won't be needing them. You see, Pictionary comes complete with a nifty art package, needing only the addition of your fingers and a keyboard to originate the most splendiferous of graphic designs."

  2. 2
    Money. obsolete, slang, uncountable

    ""I wouldn't take any dimmock [money] from a cove like yourself, even if you held it," the smith chuckled."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of Dimmick.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from dime.

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