Daniel Day, known as Dapper Dan, is an American fashion designer and haberdasher from Harlem, New York.

What does the term Dapper Dan mean?

New Word Suggestion. British slang for a well-dressed man.

Where did the term Dapper Dan come from?

The phrase "Dapper Dan" comes from a 1921 song of that name written by Lew Brown and Albert Von Tilzer, who also wrote 'The Girl in the Gilded Cage' and 'I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl that Married Dear Old Dad. ' He must have been a mama's boy.