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dandy


noun (plural dandies)
a small container (approx. 100 ml) of ice-cream. Compare bucket, dixie.

Contributor's comments: As far as I know, the word "Dandy" is used, because that was the original brand (I think the official term is "genericide" [the process whereby a brandname becomes a generic term]).