dandy

  • 41dandy — 1. noun he became something of a dandy Syn: fop, man about town, glamour boy, rake; informal sharp dresser, snappy dresser, trendy, dude, pretty boy; informal, dated swell; dated beau; archaic buck, coxcomb, popinjay 2. adjective, informal …

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  • 42dandy — n 1. fop, coxcomb, Sl. peacock, Beau Brummell, fancy Dan, popinjay; fashion plate, exquisite, clotheshorse, prettyboy; jack a dandy, blade, gay blade, Chiefly Brit. blood, buck; dude, silkstocking, spark, Sl. swell, Brit. Inf. toff; man about… …

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  • 43dandy — I. /ˈdændi / (say dandee) noun (plural dandies) 1. a man who is excessively concerned about clothes and appearance; fop. 2. Colloquial something very fine or first rate. 3. Nautical a yawl with a jigger mast aft on which a mizzen lugsail is set.… …

  • 44dandy — See: JIM DANDY …

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  • 45dandy — See: JIM DANDY …

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  • 46dandy bridle — dandy (2) …

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  • 47Dandy — This unusual name is an English diminutive form of the personal name Andrew, which does not appear to have been used in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Andreas , the orignal Greek form… …

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  • 48Dandy — (ugs.): Schicki[micki]; (abwertend): Geck, Modenarr, Schönling; (ugs. abwertend): Lackaffe, Stenz; (meist spött.): Beau; (südd., österr. ugs.): Gigerl; (veraltend abwertend): Stutzer, Zieraffe; (veraltet): Schniepel. * * * Dandy,der:⇨Geck(1) …

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  • 49Dandy — Dan|dy [ dɛndi] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. dandy>: 1. Mann, der sich übertrieben modisch kleidet. 2. Vertreter des Dandyismus …

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  • 50dandy — dan|dy1 [ dændi ] adjective INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED excellent dandy dan|dy 2 [ dændi ] noun count OLD FASHIONED a man who cares a lot about his appearance and always wears fashionable clothes …

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