subs. (American).—A man or thing first-rate of a kind. Also equivalent to DANDY, subs., sense 4.

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  c. 1876.  Broadside Ballad, ‘Mrs. Brady’s Daughter.’ She’s such a DAISY, she sets me crazy.

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  1888.  Denver Republican, May. Jack Dempsey is beyond compare a pugilistic DAISY.

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  1890.  KIPLING, ‘Fuzzy-Wuzzy,’ in Scots Observer, iv., p. 430, col. 1. ’E’s a DAISY, ’e’s a ducky, ’e’s a lamb!

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  Adj. (American).—First-rate; A1.

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  1889.  Puck’s Library, April, p. 7. Big scene of boats ascending Nile cataracts—new sensation, never done before—and chance for DAISY effects in the desert.

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