Definition of Dandy

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Definition of Dandy

Dandy

One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.

A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.

A dandy roller. See below.

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Dandy Quotations

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.
Ogden Nash

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.
Charles Baudelaire

I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say.
Sarah Zettel

Dandy Translations

dandy in Dutch is saletjonker, kwast, fat, dandy
dandy in German is Stutzer
dandy in Norwegian is laps

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