jack-a-dandy
noun
jack-a-dandies
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pluralof jack-a-dandy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ye gods! into the breasts of what jack-a-dandies and parasites has descended the unquenchable fire of Jove!
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
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
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 Samuel Richardson
