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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.
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