[DOC] [TLE] Previous Entries - The Word Detective [PAR] Oct 18, 2014 ... Dear Word Detective: Where does the saying hunky-dory come from? ... Hunky
-dory, meaning fine, satisfactory or all right (My boss says it's OK to take ... 
from the Dutch word honk meaning goal or home in a game. [DOC] [TLE] Hunky-dory - Everything2.com [PAR] This comes from the Dutch word for goal, honk or home in a Frisian variation ... 
was to make it "home" and win the game and so "hunky" already meant "O.K." ... 
The adjective hunk meaning safe or secure is even older, dating to the early 
1840s. ... all used to mean everything's top notch are hunky-doodle, and hunky-
dunky. [DOC] [TLE] Hunky-dory - definition of hunky-dory by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Define hunky-dory. hunky-dory synonyms, hunky-dory pronunciation, ... of hunky, 
safe, all right, from obsolete hunk, goal, home in a game, from Dutch honk, from ... 
"everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; ... 
Well, as I was saying, the goose hung high and everything was going hunky-dory
,... [DOC] [TLE] etymology - What is the origin of the phrase "hunky dory"? - English ... [PAR] Feb 7, 2011 ... The least exotic theory of all, but almost certainly the true clue, traces ... "safe," 
from the Dutch word "honk," meaning "goal," or "home" in a game. ... us back to 
our old friend "O.K." Children very often do not just say "O.K." -- they... [DOC] [TLE] Word Origins | Elucidating English [PAR] Okay, all. Once a week I get an email with the origin of one English phrase a 
week, ... Rampart comes from the Middle French word meaning to protect or to 
defend. ... This derives from the Dutch honk, meaning goal or home in a 
Frisian... [DOC] [TLE] Hunkey-Dorey. - The Authentic Campaigner [PAR] BTW, it appears that the phrase "hunkey-dorey" meaning "a-ok" was just 
becoming popular in the 1860's. ... Hunkey meaning good, A-OK, all right, etc., is 
the first thing I thought of. ... "hunk," meaning "safe," from the Dutch word "honk," 
meaning "goal," or "home" in a game. .... They all come fawning round, [DOC] [TLE] Hunky-dory | Define Hunky-dory at Dictionary.com [PAR] Hunky-dory definition, about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; 
fine; OK. ... But you seem to be feeling all hunky-dory again, and why don't you 
come join us in the ... City slang, from Dutch honk "goal, home," from Middle 
Dutch honc "place of refuge, hiding place. ... Slang definitions & phrases for hunk
y-dory [DOC] [TLE] World Wide Words: Hunky-dory [PAR] Nov 27, 1999 ... Where does 'hunky-dory' come from? ... This derives from the Dutch honk, 
meaning goal or home in a Frisian variant of the game of tag. [DOC] [TLE] what is the meaning of "hunky dory" as in "everything's hunky dory ... [PAR] I know what it means as a phrase ...but what the heck is "hunky" and "dory"? ... 
adjective hunk, which means that one is all right or in a safe or good position. 
This derives from the Dutch honk, meaning goal or home in a Frisian ... A 
sailor on shore leave would feel that everything was OK when he was on the 
main street. [DOC] [TLE] Wordwizard  View topic - hunky-dory [PAR] "What with all the sadness in the world at this time it is still worth ... may have 
given us the American expression 'everything is hunky-dory,' or O.K. We

Question: From the Dutch "honk", meaning "home" or "goal" comes this phrase for all is A-OK
Answer: hunky-dory