Dimpsey
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The time in the evening just before dusk. Cornwall, Devon, UK, West-Country
"She sat telling with the old Jane a good two hours, for 'twas getting dimpsey when she started up hill to Grange, and that she took easy as she was getting a bit stoutish, and it made her bad to hurry."
Example
More examples"She sat telling with the old Jane a good two hours, for 'twas getting dimpsey when she started up hill to Grange, and that she took easy as she was getting a bit stoutish, and it made her bad to hurry."
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