dandydom

noun

dandydom

noun

Etymology From dandy + -dom.

1

The realm or sphere of dandies.

It constitutes, as it were, the dandydom, the fine-ladydom, the ornamental portion of the denomination to which it belongs; the ribbons, and false flowers, and tinsel, and spangles, and gimcracks of the old lady's cap.1858, The Rambler, page 191:

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