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Look up: dandy

  1. dandy
    [n] - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. dandy
    Male figure conspicuous for tasteful fastidiousness, particularly in dress. The famous Regency dandy George (`Beau`) Brummell (1778-1840) helped to give literary currency to the figure of the...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Dandy
    Dan'dy (dăn'dȳ) noun ; plural Dandies (-dĭz). [ Confer French dandin , ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; probably allied to English dandle . Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain ety...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/5

  4. dandy
    Origin: Cf. F. Dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. Allied to E. Dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol. ... 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. ... 2. A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. dandy
    dude noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Dandy
    • (n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. • (n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. • (n.) A dandy roller. See below. • (n.) One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Dandy
    A dandy was a sloop or cutter with a jigger-mast abaft, on which a mizzen lug-sail was set.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Dandy
    Dandy is slang for first-rate, excellent.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Dandy
    Dandy is slang for first-rate, excellent.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Dandy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dan′dē Definitions: 1. Walter E., U.S. neurosurgeon, 1886-1946. See: Dandy operation, Dandy-Walker syndrome
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  11. dandy
    Male figure conspicuous for tasteful fastidiousness, particularly in dress. The famous Regency dandy George (`Beau`) Brummell (1778–1840) helped to give literary currency to the figure of the dandy, particularly in England and France, providing a model and symbol of the triumph of style for the Francophile Oscar Wilde and for 19th...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Dandy
    A medium-hard brush for grooming to remove loose hair and dirt
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor

  13. Dandy
    A `dandy`-->) is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self. Historically, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, a dandy, who was self-made, often strove to ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy

  14. Dandy
    (mascot) `Dandy` was the mascot of the New York Yankees between 1979 and 1981.<ref name="nytimes">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DA103CF936A25751C0A96E958260 Mascots R Them--> He was a large pinstriped bird that sported a Yankees hat. He had a mustache that ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy

  15. Dandy
    (song) "`Dandy`" is a 1966 song from The Kinks, appearing on their Face to Face album. It was released as a single in Continental Europe only, where it charted, reaching #1 in Germany, #2 in Belgium and #3 in the Netherlands. In some countries, the single was flipped with &qu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy

  16. Dandy
    (video game) `Dandy` (later `Dandy Dungeon`) is a dungeon crawl computer game for the Atari 8-bit computers. Dandy was one of the first games to offer four-player cooperative play and a built-in editor. It later allegedly served as the inspiration for the popular Atari Gauntl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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