adj. (old).—Pretty, neat, lively. Variants are SCRUMPTIOUS; NATTY. Fr., batif (thieves’); fignole (thieves’); girofle (thieves’).
1671. R. HEAD, The English Rogue, pt. I., ch. v., p. 48 (1874), s.v.
1706. E. COLES, English Dictionary, s.v.
DIMBER COVE = a sprightly man, a gentleman: DIMBER MORT = a pretty girl. Fr., une largue girofle. Cf., DIMBER-DAMBER.
1837. B. DISRAELI, Venetia, book I., ch. xiv. ‘’Tis a DIMBER COVE,’ whispered one of the younger men to a companion. Ibid. Tip me the clank, like a DIMKER MORT.
