dandy
adjective/ˈdændi/
/ˈdændi/
(especially North American English, old-fashioned)- very good see also handy-dandyWord Originlate 18th cent.: perhaps a shortened form of 17th-cent. Jack-a-dandy ‘conceited fellow’ (the last element representing Dandy, a pet form of the given name Andrew).
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