dimpsey
(UK, West Country, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset) The time in the evening just before dusk.
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Born ~1896 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
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Dimpsey originally formed the band in order to perform a 45-minute-long song that he had written.
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(UK, West Country, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset) The time in the evening just before dusk.
“Photograph: Alamy This article is more than **14 years old** # Weatherwatch: keep an eye out for blirty, dimpsey and flan This article is more than 14 years old Have you heard of a blackthorn winter, or an All-hallown summer?”
“Dimpsey originally formed the band in order to perform a 45-minute-long song that he had written.”
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The time in the evening just before dusk.
Dimpsey is West Country English (Devon, Somerset) for twilight or dim light. Not concerning, just regional vocabulary. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
Dimpsey is West Country English (Devon, Somerset, Cornwall) informal noun meaning twilight or the dim light at dusk. Use in West Country English contexts. Formal equivalents: "twilight," "dusk," "gloaming." Common non-native mistake: assuming national English usage. Dimpsey is highly regional, primarily heard in southwest England. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.
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