"spandy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, page 126:",
          "text": "My silk stockings and two pairs of spandy gloves are my comfort. You are a dear, to lend me yours, Jo",
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          "ref": "1894, Lizzie Tristram, Nameless Stories for Supplemental Reading and General Exercises, page 14:",
          "text": "O, poor dandy, once so spandy,\nGolden dancer on the lea!\nOlder growing, white hair flowing,\nBald head dandy now is he.",
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        "Neat, fine, very good."
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          "ref": "1838, Timo. Titterwell [Samuel Kettel], “Thoughts on seeing ghosts”, in Yankee Notions, page 115:",
          "text": "I have heard of a ghost that always came in a new coat, smartly buttoned up, and a spandy clean dickey.",
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        {
          "ref": "1891, Sophie May, Little Prudy, page 111:",
          "text": "O, I forgot, the woman was wicked and she made her little girls sit in the parlor, all dressed up spandy clean, and she made Cindrilla sit in the coal-hod.",
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          "ref": "1921 January 1, Annie Hamilton Donnell, “The Tilley Celebration”, in The Sunday School Times, page 4:",
          "text": "“It means always celebrating New Year with new things – every single Tilley person.”\n“Spandy new,” offered Jeffery, helpfully. “The newest ever.”",
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        "Entirely, nicely, very."
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        "(often with clean) Entirely, nicely, very."
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          "text": "O, poor dandy, once so spandy,\nGolden dancer on the lea!\nOlder growing, white hair flowing,\nBald head dandy now is he.",
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        "(often with clean) Entirely, nicely, very."
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