dashy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dashy
Example Sentences
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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 Hall, Benjamin Homer
"You horrid wretch," said my Lord to Rann— The dashy, splashy, leary little stringer— "How dare you rob a gentleman?"
From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen
Oh, Tibbie, ’t is the most elegant and dashy robing that ever was!
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
Advancing to meet them came a dashy checked suit.
From The Perils of Pauline by Goddard, Charles
It was a dashy barouche, drawn by a glossy-black span, and occupied by two ladies and a lapdog.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various
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