noun
( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) an excellent or very special person or thing
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent. (originally northern English dialect): related to dazzle ; the origin of the first element is unknown.
noun
( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) an excellent or very special person or thing
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent. (originally northern English dialect): related to dazzle ; the origin of the first element is unknown.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005