dapper
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His usual on-camera affect was that of a dapper, pleasant, reasonably handsome young man who invariably finds himself in trouble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In interviews the dapper artist with his trademark flat cap waxed lyrical about the place where he was locked down during the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
But Eddie was the father that Daphne loved most, and the reunion—Eddie is now a dapper, personable gentleman of 76—has left both deeply emotional and eager to reconnect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Looking dapper in a pink tux, the star dedicated his prize to "everyone in this room who believes in the power of black music".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
TeLinde, one of the top cervical cancer experts in the country, was a dapper and serious fifty-six-year-old surgeon who walked with an extreme limp from an ice-skating accident more than a decade earlier.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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