handy-andy

[ han-dee-an-dee ]

noun

, plural hand·y-an·dies.

1. a handyman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of handy-andy¹

After hero of Handy Andy, novel by Samuel Lover (1797–1868), Irish novelist

Example Sentences

They have taken Moore for a great poet, and Handy Andy for a humorist to be proud of.

From Project Gutenberg

“Confound the fellow, he reminds one of the Irish witness in ‘Handy Andy’,” he said.

From Project Gutenberg