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D
Darrak Day’s work
Deid Dead (Pronounced like “deed”)
Dick’s Hatband “As awkward as Dick’s hatband” – Not Cumbrian dialect, much more widespread
Divvel/ish Devil/ish
Divv’nt Don’t (West & North Cumberland) See “Dun’t”
Doo’er Door (rhymes with ‘poor’)
Dook/ing, dookers Swim/ing, swimming trunks (see ‘Bessy Dooker’) [W.Cumb; Rollinson]
Doon Down
Dowter Daughter (e.g. “Dun’t doubt thi dowter!” – “Don’t doubt your daughter.”)
Dun’t Don’t (the West/North Cumberland variation is “Divv’nt” )
Dus’ta Do you (e.g. “Dus’ta ken watt yon is? – Do you know what that is?)
D’yall Dale or valley
Dyke Hedgerow, but it can also be used loosely for wall, fence or – rarely – ditch
Dyke-back The back, as in far side, of a hedgerow, etc.
Dyuh / Dyurn Do / Doing
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