hunky-dory
adjective/ˌhʌŋki ˈdɔːri/
/ˌhʌŋki ˈdɔːri/
[not before noun] (informal)- if you say that everything is hunky-dory, you mean that there are no problems and that everyone is happyWord Originmid 19th cent. (originally US): hunky from Dutch honk ‘home, base’ (in games); the origin of dory is unknown.
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