hunky-dory

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He just switched to another plug and everything is hunky-dory again.

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  • But not everything is hunky-dory with Indian media.
  • He just switched to another plug and everything is hunky-dory again. —  Kitten on the Keyboard
  • So it's totally hunky-dory that Google and Apple share board members, right? —  Gawker: Valleywag
  • The union has been sucking the Big 3 dry and having a hunky-dory time doing it. —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • After reboot, my settings have been saved & everything's hunky-dory again. —  PCLinuxOS-Forums
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  1. Probably alteration of hunky, safe, all right, from obsolete hunk, goal, home in a game, from Dutch honk, from Frisian hunk.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Also hunkidory; an elaborated form of hunky.
 

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/ˈhəŋkɪˈdoʊri/
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