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dandy

[dan-dee] / ˈdæn di /


NOUN
man obsessed with his style and clothing
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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

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 • Nov. 30, 2025

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

"I know you don't get much for £600 these days. But for me it was a life-saving amount of money. Life is now dandy."

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Which was fine and dandy for her, I guess, if she wasn’t going to get punished for it!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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