OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 8190

dandy

/ˈdæn.di/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dandy
Like a dandy, foppish.
muy bien
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
primera clase
Excellent; first-rate.
Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.
What a dandy little laptop you have.
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📚 noun • entry_id 8189

dandy

/ˈdæn.di/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
boquirrubio • dandi • dandy • gomoso • lechuguino • petimetre • pisaverde
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanni…
The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotel…
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