Talk:jim-dandy

Examples of the use of this word in American literature.

From The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, Chapeter 10: link to online source


 * "THE tattered man stood musing."


 * "Well, he was reg'lar jim-dandy fer nerve, wa'n't he," said he finally in a little awestruck voice. "A reg'lar jim-dandy." He thoughtfully poked one of the docile hands with his foot. "I wonner where he got 'is stren'th from? I never seen a man do like that before. It was a funny thing. Well, he was a reg'lar jim-dandy."


 * The youth desired to screech out his grief."

Also, in the story The Passing of Black Eagle by O. Henry, at the very end: link to online source


 * As its speed increased, and the black masses of chaparral went whizzing past on either side, the express messenger, lighting his pipe, looked through his window and remarked, feelingly:


 * "What a jim-dandy place for a hold-up!"

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