Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dapper

Dapper , adjective

[Old English daper; prob. from Dutch dapper brave, valiant; akin to German tapfer brave, Old High German taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobru good, Russ. dobrui. Compare Deft.]

Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. — Milton
The dapper ditties that I wont devise. — Spenser
Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. — Julian Hawthorne