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dab-chick
The little grebe, Podiceps minor. A small diving bird common in lakes and rivers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chick
·noun A <<Chicken>>.
II. Chick ·noun A child or young person;
— a term of endearment.
III. Chick ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dab
·noun A small mass of anything soft or moist.
II. Dab ·noun A skillful hand; a dabster; an <<Expert...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dab
An adept; a dab at any feat or exercise. Dab, quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a-se with a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dab
One who is expert in anything; a proficient. A vulgar colloquialism in England and America.
One wri...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dab
a blow : a dab at any thing, expert at it, perhaps corruption of an adept. N. and S. Also a small qu...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dab
The sea-flounder. An old general term for a pleuronect or flat fish of any kind, but usually appropr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chick-pea
·noun A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Squab-chick
·noun A young chicken before it is fully fledged.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chick Lane
West out of West Smithfield to Field Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816).
First mention...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Smear dab
·- The sand fluke (b).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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rusty dab
(Gent's, platessa. Cuvier.) The popular name of the Rusty Flat-fish, a fish found on the coast of Ma...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dab bit
a small quantity, less than a dab. Glou.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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floun-dab
See flounder
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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chick-a-biddy
A chicken, so called to and by little children.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wattle-and-dab
a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Chick Lane, Tower Ward
Described as east of Barking Church (in Stow, p. 132). From the descriptions given at the references...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Katherine Wheel Yard, Chick Lane
See Catherine Wheel Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.