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file(4) (iou)



file noun3. slang (long obsolete exc. US). Now rare. L17.
[Origin unkn.]
Earlier file-cloy. A pickpocket.

Dabchick (medicine)


dabchick
<zoology> A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving.

Synonym: dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

Origin: For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.

Source: Websters Dictionary