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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dandy \Dan"dy\ (d[a^]n"d[y^]), noun; pl. {Dandies} (d[a^]n"d[i^]z). [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]
1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}.
3. A dandy roller. See below.
{Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush.
{Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}.
{Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end.
{Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dandy
adjective: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking}, {cracking}, {great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat}, {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}]
noun: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: {dude}, {fop}, {gallant}, {sheik}, {beau}, {swell}, {fashion plate}, {clotheshorse}] [also: {dandiest}, {dandier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "dandy": Beau Brummel, OK, ace, ace-high, arbiter of fashion, bad, bang-up, beau, beaut, blade, blood, bonzer, boss, boulevardier, buck, bully, but good, capital, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, conceited, cool, corker, corking, coxcomb, coxcombical, crackerjack, daisy, dandified, darb, deb, debutante, delicious, dilly, dream, ducky, dude, exquisite, fab, famous, fashion plate, fashionable, fine, fine and dandy, fine gentleman, first-class, first-rate, first-string, fop, foppish, fribble, gallant, gear, glorious, grand, great, groovy, heavy, honey, hot, humdinger, hunky-dory, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, jam-up, just dandy, keen, killer-diller, knockout, lady-killer, lollapaloosa, lounge lizard, lulu, macaroni, man-about-town, marvy, masher, mean, mondain, mondaine, neat, nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, peach, peachy, peachy-keen, pip, pippin, popinjay, prime, puppy, rake, ripping, rum, scrumptious, slap-up, smashing, socialite, solid, something else, spark, spectacular, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, sport, stunning, subdeb, subdebutante, superior, sweetheart, swell, swinger, taste-maker, terrific, the nuts, tone-setter, tough, trend-setter, whiz, wizard
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