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hunky-dory

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hunk⋅y-do⋅ry

[huhng-kee-dawr-ee, -dohr-ee]
–adjective Slang.
about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.

Origin:
1865–70; hunky 1 + dory < ?
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hun·ky-do·ry   (hŭng'kē-dôr'ē, -dōr'ē)   
adj.   Slang
Perfectly satisfactory; fine.

[Probably alteration of hunky, safe, all right, from obsolete hunk, goal, home in a game, from Dutch honk, from Frisian hunk.]
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