Dandy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

   “The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]”

2. isim Something excellent in its class.
3. isim A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
4. isim A dandy roller.
5. isim A small glass of whisky.

   “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.”

6. isim A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.
7. sıfat Like a dandy, foppish.
8. sıfat Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

   “That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?”

9. sıfat Excellent; first-rate.

   “What a dandy little laptop you have.”

10. isim A boatman, a rower.

    “Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.”

11. isim A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.

    “...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand...”

12. isim An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.

    “1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:”

13. özel isim A surname.
14. özel isim Clipping of Dandenong.
15. özel isim The Dandenong Ranges.