HUNKY-DORY

PRONUNCIATION: (HUHNG-kee DOR-ee)

MEANING: adjective: Very satisfactory; fine.

ETYMOLOGY: From hunky (satisfactory), from hunk (in a good position), from Dutch honk + dory (of unknown origin). Earliest documented use: 1866.
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HUNNY-DORY - how Pooh transports his jars of sweets up and down the stream

HUNKY-DORA - the tomboy explorer

HUN SKY-DORY - small amphibious German warplane, ca. 1917