Usually means: Foppish man overly concerned appearance.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. jack-a-dandy: Merriam-Webster
  2. jack-a-dandy: Wordnik
  3. jack-a-dandy: Wiktionary
  4. jack-a-dandy: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Jack-a-dandy, jack-a-dandy: Dictionary.com
  6. Jack-A-Dandy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Jack-a-dandy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. jack-a-dandy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Jack-a-dandy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. Jack-a-Dandy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. jack-a-dandy: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Jack-a-dandy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jack-a-dandy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (jack-a-dandy)

noun:  (archaic) A little, young, or worthless dandy.
noun:  (archaic) A little or young foppish or rude person.
noun:  (New Zealand) A small patch of light reflected from a shiny surface onto another surface such as a wall or ceiling.

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