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Dandy vs Pandy - What's the difference?

dandy | pandy |

As nouns the difference between dandy and pandy

is that dandy is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance while pandy is a fulling mill.

As an adjective dandy

is like a dandy, foppish.

As a verb pandy is

to strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.

dandy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Like a dandy, foppish.
  • Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
  • That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
  • Almost first rate.
  • What a dandy little laptop you have.

    Noun

    (dandies)
  • A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
  • (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
  • A dandy roller.
  • Synonyms

    * (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buck

    Derived terms

    * dandify * dandification * dandyish

    See also

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    pandy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (pandies)
  • A fulling mill.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (Ireland, informal) mashed potatoes
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

  • To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.
  • * 1917 , James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.
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