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nounwinner

Synonyms for doozy

noun winner

beauty
humdinger
killer
lulu
smash hit
something

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humdinger

noun. something extraordinary

ace
beauty
champ
champion
crackerjack
doozy
hit
hot stuff
knockout
lulu
pip
pistol
smash hit
something
something else
whopper
winner

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Word Origin & History

also doozie, 1903 (adj.), 1916 (n.), perhaps an alteration of daisy, or from popular Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1859-1924). In either case, reinforced by Duesenberg, the expensive, classy make of automobile from the 1920s-30s.

Example Sentences fordoozy

Of course everyone expected a doozy of a slump after Christmas.

It's called "the paradox of the false positive," and it's a doozy.

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