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humdinger

hum·din·ger

UK/hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/ US/hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

someone of remarkable excellence

  • “a humdinger of a secretary”

Origin

US origin, perhaps a blend of hummer (“something that moves fast”) + dinger (“something outstanding”). First attested in a newspaper article in the Daily Enterprise of June 4, 1883, at Livingston, Montana.

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