dossy adj.1
excellent, first-rate; smart, stylish.
![]() | Standard 9 Nov. 3: We are dossy and neat From head to our feet [EDD]. | Brigands in|
![]() | Liza of Lambeth (1966) 4: I say, ain’t she got up dossy? | |
![]() | 🎵 We see a dossy youth go out in all his extra best / [...] / A pair of patents, pair of kids, and lovely flowered vest. | [perf. Marie Lloyd] Everything in the Garden’s Lovely|
![]() | Sporting Times 8 Apr. 1/5: A certain gentle and non-dossy librettist had his long grey mane clipped on Tuesday. | |
![]() | Flaws in the Glass 15: [T]hat bland, equable fellow with the blind blue eyes and dossy bow-tie. |