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Dabʹchick

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The lesser grebe. Dab is a corruption of dap, the old participle of dip, and chick (any young or small fowl), literally the dipping or diving chick.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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D
D.O.M
D.T
Da Capo or D.C
Dab
Dab, Din
Dabaira
Dabbat [the Beast]
Dabble
Dabchick
Dactyl (Will)
Dactyls (The)
Dad or Daddy
Daddy Long-legs
Dædalos
Daffodil (The)
Dag (day)
Dagger
Dagger Ale
Dagger-scene in the House of Commons