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noun

Dandy n. (pl. dandies)

One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

(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.

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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Etymology of 'Dandy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dandy" Quotes from Famous Books

... said Elinor, smiling as she held out her hand to Hazlehurst, though without looking up: "pray, don't come back a dandy!" ...

— Elinor Wyllys - Vol. I • Susan Fenimore Cooper

... your own age. One day we are going up Mt. Lowe, and another day if it is warm enough she has promised to take us to one of the beaches for bathing, I just love the ocean. Isn't my vacation going to be dandy?" ...

— Tabitha at Ivy Hall • Ruth Alberta Brown

... kitchen fire—in the country we do not have gas ranges. "I'll have her roaring in a jiff," he cried. "I learned a dandy ...

— A Court of Inquiry • Grace S. Richmond

... but we've seven. We've a fox and a dandy" (Rose grew breathless with excitement), "and an Aberdeen, and two Aberdeen pups, and two Poms, a mole and a white. May ...

— The Creators - A Comedy • May Sinclair

... thickly-buttoned jacket, if necessary, to consummate the act of justice, his small toggery takes on the splendors of the crested helmet that frightened Astyanax. You remember that the Duke said his dandy officers were his best officers. The "Sunday blood," the super-superb sartorial equestrian of our annual Fast-day, is not imposing or dangerous. But such fellows as Brummel and D'Orsay and Byron are not to be snubbed quite so easily. Look out for ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes

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