DAB. An adept; a dab at any feat or exercise. Dab, quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a-se with a pound of butter. DACE. Two pence. Tip me a dace; lend me two pence. CANT. DADDLES. Hands. Tip us your daddle; give me your hand. CANT. DADDY. Father. Old daddy; a familiar address to an old man. To beat daddy mammy; the first rudiments of drum beating, being the elements of the roll. DAGGERS. They are at daggers drawing; i.e. at enmity, ready to fight. DAIRY. A woman's breasts, particularly one that gives suck. She sported her dairy; she pulled out her breast. DAISY CUTTER. A jockey term for a horse that does not lift up his legs sufficiently, or goes too near the ground, and is therefore apt to stumble. DAISY KICKERS. Ostlers at great inns. DAM. A small Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code of laws: hence etymologists may, if they please, derive the common expression, I do not care a dam, i.e. I do not care half a farthing for it. DAMBER. A rascal. See DIMBER.
Based on the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence by Francis Grose published originally in 1811
