hunky-dory
[ huhng-kee-dawr-ee, -dohr-ee ]
/ ˈhʌŋ kiˈdɔr i, -ˈdoʊr i /
adjective Slang.
about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
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hunky-dory
/ (ˌhʌŋkɪˈdɔːrɪ) /
adjective
informal very satisfactory; fine
Word Origin for hunky-dory
C20: of uncertain origin
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hunky-dory
1866, American English (popularized c.1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang, from Dutch honk "goal, home," from Middle Dutch honc "place of refuge, hiding place." A theory from 1876, however, traces it to Honcho dori, said to be a street in Yokohama, Japan, where sailors went for diversions of the sort sailors enjoy.
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