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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dandiprat

orDandëprat, according to Camden, is a small coin issued in the reign of Henry VII. Applied to a little fellow, it is about equal to our modern expression, a little “twopenny-ha'penny” fellow.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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