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dandy

[dan-dee] / ˈdæn di /


NOUN
man obsessed with his style and clothing
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This quarterly earnings season has been a Jim Dandy, pushing the full-year growth estimate for S&P 500 earnings from 15% back in February to 21% recently.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Taxpayers can thank entertainer George M. Cohan, who wrote the song known as Yankee Doodle Dandy, for this largess.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The second favorite is Fierceness, who won last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and is coming off back-to-back wins in the Jim Dandy and Travers Stakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

A collection of TV adverts for comics and magazines like the Dandy, Bunty and Jackie are being shared online, more than half a century after they were made.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

It felt like that: the earth juddered, and Mr. Dandy fell, would have fallen into the darkness, but he caught hold of the fallen headstone, threw his arms about it and locked on.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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