jim-dandy

[ jim-dan-dee ]

adjective

noun,plural jim-dan·dies.

something of superior quality or that is an excellent example of its kind: The new infirmary is a real jim-dandy.

Origin of jim-dandy

1875–80; special use of Jim (proper name) + dandy

Well, it's a regular jim-dandy cracker-jack—some swell clump, eh?
The Definite Object | Jeffery Farnol
You can see he's a Jim dandy—and him to be wasting time on Peggy—it's sickening!
The Whole Family | William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton
We had such a jim-dandy barn dance together at the Duffys, I thought we might try it again to-night.
The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine | Katherine Stokes
There she is, and a jim-dandy of a track, too, plain as the hoof marks of a cayuse around a snubbing post!
The Outdoor Chums on the Lake | Quincy Allen
Which meant that everything was jim-dandy as long as the wiring diagrams were labeled in the Cyrillic alphabet.
The Foreign Hand Tie | Gordon Randall Garrett

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