subs. (American).A man or thing first-rate of a kind. Also equivalent to DANDY, subs., sense 4.
c. 1876. Broadside Ballad, Mrs. Bradys Daughter. Shes such a DAISY, she sets me crazy.
1888. Denver Republican, May. Jack Dempsey is beyond compare a pugilistic DAISY.
1890. KIPLING, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, in Scots Observer, iv., p. 430, col. 1. Es a DAISY, es a ducky, es a lamb!
Adj. (American).First-rate; A1.
1889. Pucks Library, April, p. 7. Big scene of boats ascending Nile cataractsnew sensation, never done beforeand chance for DAISY effects in the desert.