English Explanatory Dictionary

jim-dandy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Excellent, outstanding.
noun
  1. Something that is a very superior example of its kind.

Pronunciation

En-au-jimdandy.ogg

Word forms

jim-dandy jimdandy jim dandy jim-dandies

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a reference to the song Dandy Jim of Caroline (words by Silas Sexton Steel and music by J. Richard Myers), which was popular in the 1840s, around the time the term emerged. It was subsequently popularized by sports announcers in the late 1800s.

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