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jim-dandies

jim-dandies is the plural of jim-dandy.

Meaning of jim-dandy

Noun

jim-dandy (plural jim-dandies)

  1. (US, colloquial) Something that is a very superior example of its kind.
    • The tattered man stood musing.1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 100

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Questions about jim-dandies

What is jim-dandies the plural of?
Jim-dandies is the plural of jim-dandy.

Words near jim-dandies in the dictionary

  1. Jim Hogg County
  2. Jim Thorpe
  3. jim up
  4. Jim Wells County
  5. Jim-Bob
  6. jim-dandies
  7. jim-dandy
  8. jim-jam
  9. jim-jams
  10. jim-swinger
  11. jim-swingers

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