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From: "Scott Raymond Vaughn" <>
Subject: Re: [MOMILLER-L] Humdinger
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:09:20 -0500
References: <000701c3ec35$4083b0e0$8ddc8c42@s0023705677>


According to Partridges Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional
English, 'humdinger' means:

A fast aircraft or vehicle; a smooth-running engine: Services' , but mostly
RAF; adopted in mid-1940 from American airmen. hum (speed)+dinger(something
forceful). 2. Anything superlatively good; Australian; adopted ca. 1945 ex
US.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Hake" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Fw: [MOMILLER-L] Humdinger


> Nancy, I went to the web to try to find out the origin of "humdinger" and
it
> says the origin is unknown. Other words used as the same definition
include
> "crackerjack", "jimdandy", "jimhickey".......and they all mean excellent,
> extraordinary, remarkable........I've heard of jimdandy and crackerjack,
but
> have never heard of jimhickey!
> Peggy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nancy Walchli" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOMILLER-L] Humdinger
>
>
> I know it is something really GOOD.....or good looking...
> BUT..where DID it come from?
>
> Nancy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:37 AM
> Subject: [MOMILLER-L] Humdinger
>
>
> Just what is a humdinger?
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