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humdinger.

Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/UK/hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ/US
  1. Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.

    informal
    Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger.
Where this word comes from

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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