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Yet I understand, that, notwithstanding all the jack-a-dandies that have been fluttering about you, you are what you were when I lest town.

From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel

Ye gods! into the breasts of what jack-a-dandies and parasites has descended the unquenchable fire of Jove!

From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart

All the fools are jack-a-dandies, and one has only to find where the strings hang to make them dance as he will.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various