dandy
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.British
2. (UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) A small glass of whisky.Examples: "Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off."IrelandUKarchaicslang
noun (English)
1. (India) A boatman, a rower.Examples: "Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice."India
2. (India) A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.Examples: "...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand..."India
3. (India) An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.Examples: "1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:"; "As the darkness closed in... I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot."; "Major Battye and Captain Urmston joined the rear and placed the wounded man in a dandy."Synonyms: andor, jampanIndia
name (English)
1. (Victoria, informal, in the singular) Clipping of Dandenong.abbreviationalt-ofclippinginformalsingular
2. (Victoria, informal, in the plural) The Dandenong Ranges.in-pluralinformal
Definition source: Wiktionary