dandy
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All seemed just dandy until both eagles left their nest unattended, and ravens swooped in.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Trotsky was a dazzling speaker and a dandy who “never quite stopped being a clever schoolboy desperate to show others how much he had learned.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
I hate the Patriots, and I hate doing this, and maybe down deep I’m thinking, given my prediction record, if I pick them they’ll lose and wouldn’t that be dandy?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
You may be a dandy dealmaker and a nifty negotiator, but you’ve got a bargaining habit that you should really curb.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
He had a bevy of female admirers — but also a coterie of critics, who considered him a dandy and a playboy.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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