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dandy noun- anything first-rate or excellent UK, 1784
- [I]t’s a dandy of a place you’d be a fool to leave. — The Guardian, 31 January 2001
- a grade of “D” US
- — Time, p. 57, 1 January 1965: “Students: the slang bag”
- in South Australia, a small container for ice-cream AUSTRALIA, 1954
Origin unknown. Perhaps originally a brand name. - As far as I know, the word “Dandy” is used, because that was the original brand. — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
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