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american english - Whats the etymology of humdinger? - English . . . Here is the entry for humdinger in Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1961): humdinger A fast aircraft or vehicle; a smooth-running engine: Services, but mostly R A F : adopted in mid-1940 from American airmen American s[ource]: echoic: hum (speed) + dinger (something forceful)
etymology - Where do shenanigans come from? - English Language . . . Here's a second 1855 reference: to a "Shananigan ditch" dug in gold mining country in California in 1855 "On the first day of June, 1855, the defendants constructed two ditches, called respectively Rasin and Shenanagan Ditches, draining the waters of Todd's Valley Ravine, about one-half mile above the head of plaintiffs' ditch, and thereby diverting and depriving the plaintiffs of the waters
meaning - The intensifier pure D: where and when did it originate . . . [James] Still '[The] Proud Walkers ' 1941 it takes a pure D humdinger to hunt birds if a dog's got pure D hoss sense a fellow's got bat brains, he can train the dog to hunt birds J J Street in S[aturday] E[vening] Post Dec 6, p 110