Hunky-dory Definition

hŭngkē-dôrē
adjective
All right; fine.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Hunky-dory

  • Probably alteration of hunky safe, all right from obsolete hunk goal, home in a game from Dutch honk from Frisian hunk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • hunky (“in good condition”, “safe and sound”) + dory (origin and meaning unknown)

    From Wiktionary

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