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☆ hunky-dory (huŋ′kē dôr′ē)
adjective
Slang all right; fine
Etymology: hunky (< U.S. local hunk, goal, home, as in the game of tag, hence safe place, all right < Du honk, a post, station, goal) + -dory < ?
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