handy-dandy
[ han-dee-dan-dee ]
Origin of handy-dandy
1First recorded in 1575–85
Words Nearby handy-dandy
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How to use handy-dandy in a sentence
Here we have the exact game of handy-dandy, which is, after all, the simple form of the odd and even of children.
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)But the young fellow holds out; you cannot play handy-dandy with a king's crown, your Majesty!
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleShall a lay-brother of Malvern stoop to play handy-dandy for favours?
Long Will | Florence ConverseLottie is always trying out some new handy-dandy little kitchen helper compound, so she hefted up quite an armload.
The Water Eater | Win Markshandy-dandy, which is the Magistrate and which is the Thief?
Visions and Revisions | John Cowper Powys
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