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dingbat
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A dingbat , sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character , is an ornament , character, or spacer used in typesetting , often employed for the creation of box frames. The term continues to be used in the computer industry ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1838, American English, some kind of alcoholic drink, of unknown origin. One of that class of words (such as dingus, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingumabob ) which are conjured up to supply names for items whose proper names are unknown or not recollected. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context informal English) A silly, crazy or stupid person. 2 (context typography English) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc. 3 (context architecture English) An architectural style of apartment ...
Usage examples of dingbat.
He heard Dingbat cough, the snick of the door, then the rustle of various materials as she climbed out of the plane.
Jim, this dingbat looks an awful lot like one of the drivers we use in our spaceships and driver-wing fliers.
Luc felt guilty knowing his loose tongue, or association with that dingbat Sylvie, might have mucked up their case.
Do the words voodoo, live chickens, a love potion, and two dingbat females riding a Harley mean anything to you?
These hidden caches might be worth several million each, which meant they would kill anyone who dared to interfere with their plans, including two dingbat women picking posies.
His expression was a glum one, and the first thing he did was shoulder Dingbat aside in order to reach the bottle.
The fact that Dingbat and Skate knew nothing about the fire until Enwald told them, merely indicated greater depth to the plot.
Perhaps it was his lack of company like Dingbat and Skate that gave Enwald gloss on this occasion.
Skate and Dingbat heard the noise and wheeled about, tugging guns from their hips.
CHAPTER XI - DEATH BELOW LOCKED with two thugs like Skate and Dingbat, The Shadow held advantages that his antagonists did not suspect.
Past the glaring faces of Skate and Dingbat, The Shadow saw Enwald lunging forward with the bottle.
Viciously, Dingbat shoved his gun for The Shadow, pressed the muzzle home.
Knowing that The Shadow would be after him, Dingbat made a headlong flight down the stairs, shouting incoherently as he went.
As Dingbat took a long, hard tumble to the tiled floor of the lobby, The Shadow saw Tilyon and Welf darting into the kitchen.
There was Captain Dingbat, navigating the Sloop John B through New York Harbor and calling the Statue of Liberty a Hotsy-Totsy.