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In some senses, dandy is marked as archaic, slang, informal, British, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
dandy
/ˈdæn.di/
noun 8adj 3name 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, clever, failed, fellow, fine, great, kind, little
VERB + DANDY
bit, dress, grip, like, sures, town-bred
DANDY + NOUN
anything, appearance, class, compare, home, laptop, liquor, shoes
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
wonderfully
Definitions
noun
1
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]
No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
2
Something excellent in its class.
3
A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
4
A dandy roller.
5
A small glass of whisky.
Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.
adj
1
Like a dandy, foppish.
2
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
3
Excellent; first-rate.
What a dandy little laptop you have.
Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.
noun
1
A boatman, a rower.
Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.
2
A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.
...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand...
3
An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.
1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:
As the darkness closed in... I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot.
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The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]
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No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
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“Gerald Croft is an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town.”
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That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
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What a dandy little laptop you have.
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Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.
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