Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A little foppish fellow; a dandiprat. Vanbrugh, Confederacy.
Wiktionary
- n. archaic A little dandy; a little foppish impertinent fellow.
- n. New Zealand A small patch of light reflected from a shiny surface onto another surface such as a wall or ceiling.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
Examples
“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”
“Because they're in the next room, and the door's shut; that's vy, my jack-a-dandy!" replied Abraham, unsuspiciously.”
“Tom did not understand French, but rather despised it as a jack-a-dandy acquirement.”
“I write in, and which has never yet been defiled by calculating men of science or jack-a-dandy litterateurs. ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jack-a-dandy’.
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For Pete's Sake
Names that appear in common phrases/clichès. (Also see sionnach's list, tom, dick and harry.)
adam's apple, jim crow, joe blow, bobby pin, nervous nellie, for pete's sake, jolly roger, john hancock, johnny-come-lately, suzie q, teddy bear, tommy gun and 81 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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Getting to Know Jack
jack-a-dandy, jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-pulpit, jack-o-lantern, jack-of-all-trades, jack-tar, jack-up, jack a dandy, jack a lent, jack cheese, jack crevalle, jack frost and 26 more...
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jack-of-all-trades
jack daniels, jack frost, jack russell, union jack, monterey jack, jack sprat, little jack horner, cracker jack, jack the ripper, jack rose, whiskey jack, jack rabbit and 69 more...
Tweets
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sionnach a pert, smart, impertinent little fellow. Jun 25, 2009