dandy
Example Sentences
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Some gentlemen are dandies, but most dandies are not gentlemen.
The men are all of them dandies, smoking pipes and wearing colorful cravats at the neck.
From Literature
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Khan arrived on the red carpet in an outfit created by Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee - decked out with his own dandy cane, plenty of bling and sunglasses.
From BBC
Yet he acquired a reputation as a dandy, a clever humorist and an intellectual showman, distinctly apolitical and seemingly a man of no convictions.
From Los Angeles Times
The dandy, it turns out, is a local teenage fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who just happened to be at a real crime scene.
From BBC
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