dashy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dashy
Example Sentences
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Oh, Tibbie, ’t is the most elegant and dashy robing that ever was!
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
Advancing to meet them came a dashy checked suit.
From The Perils of Pauline by Charles Goddard
In many colleges, when one is either dashy, or dressed more than ordinarily, he is said to cut a splurge.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
The orthodox mode in Russia is to have the shaft horse trotting while the other runs as described; the difference in the motion gives an attractive and dashy appearance to the turnout.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
And Laura set the dashy little thing with its head on one side, and held it up coquettishly.
From Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
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