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Meanings of dapper in English

Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.

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Usage of dapper in English
1
Unhappily, she answered in French some simple query of the dapper officer's.
The Stowaway Girl
2
The men around me were clean and dapper to a remarkable degree.
A Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916
3
Always this dapper little man, with the violets and the simpering smile.
Maurice Guest
4
There the startlingly agile dapper figure struggled to throw off his captor.
Never-Fail Blake
5
He was in his early to mid-forties, small, dapper and prematurely gray.
The cold room
6
After the experience, I really felt like a cleanly shaven, dapper man.
Ebony
7
She was escorted to her dapper bridegroom by her father Antarrio Clarke.
Jamaica Observer
8
The dapper man flipped a big watch out of his waistcoat pocket.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
9
The dapper little fraud knew what was happening-hetried to dodge sideways.
Magic terror: seven tales
10
The dapper detective grunted in frustration and looked down at his notes.
The perfect woman
11
Richard, 60, looked incredibly dapper by her side in a tailored suit.
News.com.au
12
It features a sketch of a dapper gent in a Crombie trench.
The Irish Times
13
Do these dapper fellas shop at Men's Wearhouse or Burlington Coat Factory?
Ebony
14
A dapper young man with an intelligent eye rose to meet him.
The Circular Study
15
This dapper little amphibian doesn't just walk into the breeding season unarmed.
Wired
16
The always dapper gentleman shows the guys how to do it properly.
Ebony
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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