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Definition of Dandies
1. dandy [n] - See also: dandy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandies
Literary usage of Dandies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"ON dandies dandies are not good for much, but they are good for some, thing. ...
Yes, I like dandies well enough,—on one condition. What is that, sir ? ..."
2. The Asiatic Annual Register: Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of edited by Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel (1809)
"In the event of any dandies deserting before the conclusion of the voyage, the
mangées are bound immediately to provide fresh dandies ; and in case of ..."
3. The Royal Path of Life: Or, Aims and Aids to Success and Happiness by Thomas Louis Haines, Levi W. Yaggy (1882)
"Dr. Holmes, in his "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," says: "dandies are not ...
Yes, I like dandies well enough — on one condition, that they have pluck. ..."
4. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"... Good-morning, my dears!" Complete. From "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table."
ON dandies dandies are not good for much, but they are good for something ..."
5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"On the morning of the 22d we were in eight of Annapolis, off which Seventh Regiment
as being dandies, and guilty of the unpardonable crimes of cleanliness ..."
6. A Tour of St. Louis; Or, The Inside Life of a Great City by Joseph A. Dacus, James William Buel (1878)
"The dawdy dandies, those ill-conditioned and useless outgrowths of our modern
social conditions, are a class by themselves well deserving of a special ..."
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