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keen
adjective
good, fashionable US, 1915
Still heard, but by the late 1960s used almost exclusively with irony, especially when intensified with “peachy”.- "Yeah," said Wilma Hepp, "they sure got some keen stuff nowadays." — Max Shulman, The Zebra Derby, p. 166, 1946
- Tonight I got a date with a Sigma, a keen babe, for a hop at the Shoreland Hotel. — James T. Farrell, Saturday Night, p. 35, 1947
- "Tell me some more of this keen stuff," she said eagerly. — Max Shulman, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, p. 45, 1951
- “Nice time?” “Keen.” — Glendon Swarthout, Where the Boys Are, p. 73, 1960
- "Just peachy-keen, Harry baby," said Ira. "Just tickety-boo." — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 19, 1964
- Next thing you know he’ll find you keen and peachy, you know? — Annie Hall, 1977
- A pair of very keen trousers. I like pants that give you a good butt and long legs. — Mistress Barbara, Mixmag, p. 20, April 2003
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