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dan·dy

[dan-dee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -dies, adjective, -di·er, -di·est.

–noun

1.	a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.

2.	Informal. something or someone of exceptional or first-rate quality: Your reply was a dandy.

–adjective

3.	characteristic of a dandy; foppish.

4.	Informal. fine; excellent; first-rate: a dandy vacation spot.

[Origin: 1770–80; orig. uncert.

]

—Related forms

dan·di·ly, dan·dy·ish·ly, dan·di·a·cal·ly

[dan-dahy-uh

k-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb

dan·dy·ish, dan·di·a·cal, adjective

dan·dy·ism, noun

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dan·dy (dān'dē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. dan·dies

A man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; a fop.
Something very good or agreeable.
Nautical See yawl.

adj. dan·di·er, dan·di·est

Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.
Fine; good.

[Perhaps short for jack-a-dandy, fop.]

dan'di·ly adv., dan'dy·ish adj., dan'dy·ish·ly adv., dan'dy·ism n.

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yawl (yôl) Pronunciation Key
n.

A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. Also called dandy.
A ship's small boat, crewed by rowers.

[Dutch jol, possibly from Low German jolle.]

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dandy (n.)

c.1780, of uncertain origin, first appeared in a Scottish border ballad:

I've heard my granny crack
O' sixty twa years back
When there were sic a stock of Dandies O

etc. In that region, Dandy is dim. of Andrew. In vogue in London c.1813-19. His fem. counterpart was a dandizette (1821) with Fr.-type ending. The adjective dandy first recorded 1792; very popular c.1880-1900.

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dandy
adjective
1.	very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
noun
1.	a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
2.	a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost [syn: yawl]

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dandy

see fine and dandy.

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Dandy

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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