Dapper Dan

English Etymology en Noun Dapper Dan en informal A man who dresses and is groomed in a fancy, elegant, or fastidious manner. en Dec 18 2001 Timothy C. Kelly: A Dapper Throwback http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/18/national/portraits/POG-18KELLY.html New York Times 12 Dec 2012 Timothy C. Kelly cultivated a taste for the chivalry and silk handkerchiefs of his parents' generation. "He was a man who enjoyed the finer things in life," said his wife, Julie. ". . . He was a Dapper Dan." https://web.archive.org/web/20160308211224/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/18/national/portraits/POG-18KELLY.html 8 March 2016 en 2010 Charles F. Lee The Adventures of Ickle, Packy, Pickle and Gooch 49 9781453566381 http://books.google.ca/books?id=-CrAaA9q7cIC&pg=PA49&dq=%22dapper+Dan%22+subject:%22fiction%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5_LIUIS0HYnDyQGIz4GwCQ&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22dapper%20Dan%22%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=falsee “We call him Dapper Dan,” the chief pointed to a well-dressed man wearing a white shirt, tie, and a three-piece pin-striped suit. en 2011 w:Colleen McCullough Naked Cruelty 9781770870468 http://books.google.ca/books?id=-UYiLSAxD6wC&pg=PT58&dq=%22a+dapper+Dan%22+subject:%22fiction%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iPTIUIiHGubxygGIx4GAAw&ved=0CEgQ6AEwCA [T]hey sat together in the front row, together with a very elderly fellow of the kind Carmine always called a “Dapper Dan”—a bit like the 1930s movie star, William Powell, even including the little mustache. Translations A man who dresses in a fancy, elegant, or fastidious manner. Bulgarian: bg франт m See also en Alibi Ike dismal Dora doubting Thomas dreamy Daniel fancy Dan Gentleman Jim gloomy Gus good-time Charlie lazy Lawrence nervous Nellie nervous Purvis plain Jane sneaky Pete slick Rick en eponyms en People Personality