da Dale: describes a location in Pennsylvania called Locust Dale. Everyone in Locust Dale is a "Daler".  If you live up the road from Locust Dale, you're a "patcher" because that's where the company owned houses are (or were).  If you live down the road from da Dale, you're a "down roader".  

"He's a down roader from da Dale".

daresn't: is an action verb describing to not do something

"don't you dare" 

"you better not do that".

"You daresn't go in there."

davvy: davenport, sofa, couch. 

"Don't let the dog up on the davvy."

dead dabs: looks just like someone, a "dead ringer". 

"My uncle is da dead dabs for Frankie Sinatra."

"oh yeah well my bruddah is da dead dabs for Tommy Dorsey"

dead burger: a type of food served throughout the coal region. One of the more popular dead burgers was served at Tony's Lunch in Girardville. It's a screamer with sauce on both sides instead of just one.

dear: something that is expensive. 

 "I'd like ta buy that new dress, but it's too dear"

Decoration Day: Memorial Day. One of the BEST coal region holidays since so many veteran's served. Summit Hill's Memorial Day parade was one of the best places to remember our veterans. 

deef: hearing impaired. 

"Ya hafta talk louder fer Jimmie da Barber - He's gettin a little deef."

differnt: different

"Jonny is differnt"

dincha: Didn't you do this or that

"Dincha ever hear that one before?"

ding-a-ling sandwich: A sandwich made with ham salad spread between 2 slices of bread. A coal region delicacy.

Dingus Day: The day after Easter Sunday. Men would chase women around with buckets of water and the women would hit them with switches. From a viewer: this tradition began in Poland, and involved pussy willows.

 'hit them with switches'? What's up with that?"

dinky: ski-cap or knitted cap worn in winter. The term is commonly used by kids. The proper definition is that of a small locomotive used esp. for hauling freight or mine waste.

"Hey Richie where is ya dinky, its cold"

dinkybank: the pile of mine waste, usually slate and other unusable rock.

dippy egg: an egg, such as a soft-boiled or sunnyside-up egg, into which you can dip your toast.

"My Place Restaurant had da best dippy eggs"

dis, dat, dem, dese, dose, dere, dat dere: self-explanatory but usually used in sentences used before nouns to specify a particular one (dem cats) or a unique item (dat sun). It's the most commonly used word in the coal region language. Modifying nouns to show they're known or specific to the listener/reader. It can also function as an adjective, pointing to a specific person, place, or thing, and has two pronunciations: "thuh" before consonant sounds (da book) and "thee" before vowel sounds (dis bucket)

"dem cats are pissin' everywhere"

"yuz need to read dat book da bible"

dishrag: a cloth or rag for washing dishes. Company washrag.

"gramma where is da dishrag?"

distributor:  A store that sells beer by the case. Also sometimes sell soda by the case. See quart store.

divil: mischievous or bad person. 

"Ooh, he's a divil he is!"

doopa: (or dupa). The part of the body where the sun doesn't shine. The Polish name for this part of the anatomy. 

 "If I catch you doin' that again, you'll get a swift kick in the doopa!!"

double block: a house or building divided into two separate residences. The rest of the country calls this a "duplex". If you're referring to one of the residences, you may say

 "half a double block".

down: description of a place in a valley. 

"He's from down Ringtown."

down back: behind and below. 

"He parked the truck down back"

down the shore: to the New Jersey or Maryland beaches. 

"Are yiz goin' down the shore this summer?"

down town: to go to the business section of town (Note accent on second word in "down town." Can be substituted with up town, depending on whether or not the business district of the town is downhill or uphill from your present location.

"I'm goin' down town Lansford ta buy da paper."

downda line: used when referring to almost anything south of your current location. See upda line.

"Push the coal downda line boy"

drownd, drownded : drown, drowned: as in drowning or drowned

 "Me old lady sez if I go swimmin upda strippin hole I'll get drownded."

drug or dragged: used to describe when you do something you didnt want to do

"She didn't want to goat the mall, but I drug 'er wit me."

dungarees: everywhere else they're called "blue jeans".

"Wash ya dungarees"

dunky:  small, stubborn, horse-like animal with long ears; end pieces of a loaf of bread. often used to describe mules or donkeys

"Push da dunky or feed em' a carrot"