Anita Barrett wrote:
> I can not find the curtains, dapery or fixtures on my Tiger.
> Jim Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
Jim,
Looking for love in all the wrong places, again. I couldn't find
"dapery". I suppose it could be a slang expression for "of the nature of
being daper". Which, according to Funk & Wagnalls and Merriam-Webster
is:
dap.per \'da-pWr\ adj [ME dapyr, fr. MD dapper quick, strong; akin to
OHG tapfar heavy, OCS debel: thick] (15c)
1
a : neat and trim in appearance
b : excessively spruce and stylish
2 : alert and lively in movement and manners dap-per-ly adv
dap-per-ness n
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