jim-dandy

[ jim-dan-dee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, plural jim-dan·dies.

something of superior quality or that is an excellent example of its kind:
The new infirmary is a real jim-dandy.

1875–80; special use of Jim (proper name) + dandy ( def )

Well, it's a regular Jim-dandy cracker-jack—some swell clump, eh?

You can see he's a Jim dandy—and him to be wasting time on Peggy—it's sickening!

We had such a jim-dandy barn dance together at the Duffys, I thought we might try it again to-night.

There she is, and a jim-dandy of a track, too, plain as the hoof marks of a cayuse around a snubbing post!

Which meant that everything was jim-dandy as long as the wiring diagrams were labeled in the Cyrillic alphabet.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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