Brewer's: Jack-a-Dandy

A term of endearment for a smart, bright little fellow; a Jemmy Jessamy.

Smart she is, and handy, O ! Sweet as sugar-candy, O ! ... `And I'm her Jack-a-dandy, O !

“Dimidium cyathi vero apud Methropolitanos Herbernicos dicitur Dandy.” —Blackwood's Magazine, May, 1838 (Father Tom and the Pope).

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