Thesaurus: dandy
One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
Related headwords
smalldefinitiondressdefinitionjiggerdefinitionrollerdefinitionmizzendefinitionseedefinitionsetdefinitionaffectsdefinitionappearancedefinitionattentiondefinitionbelowdefinitionboatsdefinitionbrushdefinitioncalleddefinitioncarrieddefinitionconcerneddefinitioncoxcombdefinitioncutterdefinitionfinerydefinitionfopdefinitiongivesdefinitionhisdefinitionlinedefinitionlugsaildefinitionmandefinitionneardefinitionpaperdefinitionsaildefinition
Definitions
- n. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
- n. A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
- n. A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.
- n. A dandy roller. See below.
- adj. excellent
- n. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- n. a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
- 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. 3. A dandy roller. See below. Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. -- Dandy fever. See Dengue. -- Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. -- Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
- A bantam fowl.
- n:100 n. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance