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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