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Dandy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dandy?
[n] a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[adj] (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dandy: bang-up | beau | bully | clotheshorse | corking | cracking | dude | fashion plate | fop | gallant | good | great | groovy | keen | neat | nifty | not bad(p) | peachy | sheik | slap-up | smashing | swell | swell Related Terms | Find terms related to Dandy: ace | ace-high | arbiter of fashion | bad | bang-up | beau | Beau Brummel | beaut | blade | blood | bonzer | boss | boulevardier | buck | bully | but good | capital | clotheshorse | clubman | clubwoman | conceited | cool | corker | corking | coxcomb | coxcombical | crackerjack | daisy | dandified | darb | deb | debutante | delicious | dilly | dream | ducky | dude | exquisite | fab | famous | fashion plate | fashionable | fine | fine and dandy | fine gentleman | first-class | first-rate | first-string | fop | foppish | fribble | gallant | gear | glorious | grand | great | groovy | heavy | honey | hot | humdinger | hunky-dory | jack-a-dandy | jackanapes | jam-up | just dandy | keen | killer-diller | knockout | lady-killer | lollapaloosa | lounge lizard | lulu | macaroni | man-about-town | marvy | masher | mean | mondain | mondaine | neat | nifty | nobby | OK | okay | out of sight | peach | peachy | peachy-keen | pip | pippin | popinjay | prime | puppy | rake | ripping | rum | scrumptious | slap-up | smashing | socialite | solid | something else | spark | spectacular | spiffing | spiffy | splendid | sport | stunning | subdeb | subdebutante | superior | sweetheart | swell | swinger | taste-maker | terrific | the nuts | tone-setter | tough | trend-setter | whiz | wizard See Also | adult male | Beau Brummell | Brummell | cockscomb | coxcomb | George Bryan Brummell | man Dandy In Webster's Dictionary \Dan"dy\, n.; pl. {Dandies}. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly
fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to
E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]
1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to
dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
2. (Naut.)
(a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is
set.
(b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small
boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}.
3. A dandy roller. See below.
{Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush.
{Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}.
{Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached
several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at
each end.
{Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making
paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the
paper.
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