jim-dandy
/dʒɪmˈdandi
/North American informal
adjective
Fine, outstanding, or excellent.It makes jim-dandy sense that Kureishi is so acclaimed....
- This is a jim-dandy illusion, and it's still available.
- No, no, no, I'm not saying that theistic beliefs are a prerequisite for coming up with a jim-dandy moral code.
noun
An excellent or notable person or thing.He must have been a jim-dandy of a boy.
Origin
Late 19th century: from the given name Jim (pet form of James) + dandy.
Rhymes
- not be able to do something for toffee
- not be above
- not be an option
- not bear thinking about
- not before time
- not be fussy
- not-being
- (not) be myself
- not be oneself
- (not) be ourselves
- not be someone's first rodeo (or not be someone's first time at the rodeo)
- not best pleased
- (not) be themselves
- not be worth a damn
- (not) be yourself
- not blink an eye
- not breathe a word
- not but what
- not by a long chalk
- (not) by a long shot
- not care (or give) a hang
- not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots)
- not care (or give) a straw (or two straws)
- notch
- notch baby