dashy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dashy
Example Sentences
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He will be captivated some day with a more dashy lady, if not an Italian countess.
From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman
It was a visitor, and he came alone—a young fellow of dashy appearance, handsome black hair and whiskers, and very black eyes.
From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
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
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
And I probable wuzn’t so dressy as Miss Sheba, ’tennyrate I hadn’t no crown or septer, a brown straw bunnet and umbrell meetin’ my wants better, but not nigh so dashy lookin’.
From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Marietta Holley
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