handy-andy
[ han-dee-an-dee ]
noun,plural hand·y-an·dies.
a handyman.
Origin of handy-andy
1After hero of Handy Andy, novel by Samuel Lover (1797–1868), Irish novelist
Words Nearby handy-andy
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How to use handy-andy in a sentence
They have taken Moore for a great poet, and Handy Andy for a humorist to be proud of.
Irish Books and Irish People | Stephen Gwynn“Confound the fellow, he reminds one of the Irish witness in ‘Handy Andy’,” he said.
The White Hand and the Black | Bertram Mitford
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