jack-a-dandy

• Tom did not understand French, but rather despised it as a jack-a-dandy acquirement. —  Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes
• I write in, and which has never yet been defiled by calculating men of science or jack-a-dandy litterateurs. '" —  Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
• "Because they're in the next room, and the door's shut; that's vy, my jack-a-dandy!" replied Abraham, unsuspiciously. —  Jack Sheppard A Romance
• Assuming a stern expression, he worked his legs with gravity and feeling, and so crooked his knees that he looked like a jack-a-dandy pulled by strings, while —  The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms