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Bang-up   /bæŋ-əp/   Listen
Bang-up

adjective
1.
Very good.  Synonyms: bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell.  "A neat sports car" , "Had a great time at the party" , "You look simply smashing"






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"Bang-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Had a bang-up time. Made friends all along the line. Some of 'em coming to see me. Hope ...
— Patty and Azalea • Carolyn Wells

... Plain living at home so as to set the right example to the girls!" Flint threw his head from side to side, mincing out his last statement. "Gad! I'm tired of setting a good example!... And even Sing gets tired. Chinks, you know, like to cook a bang-up meal once in a while. They like a chance to show their speed and put in ...
— The Blood Red Dawn • Charles Caldwell Dobie

... be a bang-up living you're giving her," sneered Buck, running his eye over the equipage. In his passion he forgot the lapse of the years and ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 • Various

... I got to dreaming that I was back in New York," resumed "Kid." "I dreamt I dropped into a bang-up restaurant and ordered ...
— A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" • Russell Doubleday

... himself. To-morrow morning, YOU,' pointin' at the foreman, 'and you, Billie,' and YOU, pointin' at another chap, leave the camp, and they did too, though they begged and prayed to let 'em stay, and by next Sunday we had a lot of papers and books, with pictures in 'em, and a bang-up dinner, and everything went nice. I am likin' it fine. I'm time-keeper, and look after the store; but I drive the team too every chance I get, and I'd ruther do that a long way. But many a night ...
— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor



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