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dandy

[dan-dee] / ˈdæn di /


NOUN
man obsessed with his style and clothing
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All seemed just dandy until both eagles left their nest unattended, and ravens swooped in.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

I hate the Patriots, and I hate doing this, and maybe down deep I’m thinking, given my prediction record, if I pick them they’ll lose and wouldn’t that be dandy?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

His 18th-century forerunners, the London macaroni and the Paris incroyable, had one foot in the court and the other in the city street, but the dandy, posh or not, lived in a middle-class, democratic society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

You may be a dandy dealmaker and a nifty negotiator, but you’ve got a bargaining habit that you should really curb.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

“We’re just fine and dandy, thank you. And what work is it you do now?”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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