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handy-dandy

handy-dandy is the alternative form of handy dandy.

Meaning of handy dandy

Adjective

handy dandy (comparative more handy dandy, superlative most handy dandy)

  1. (informal) Handy; helpful or useful, as due to some clever trick or design.
    • She always comes up with great ideas for handy dandy new tools.

Noun

handy-dandy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A children's game in which one child guesses in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong.
    Synonyms:
    handy-pandy

Synonyms of handy-dandy

Forms of handy-dandy

comparativemore handy-dandy
superlativemost handy-dandy

Origin of handy-dandy

Inherited from Middle English handy dandy.

Questions about handy-dandy

What does handy-dandy mean?
Handy-dandy means a children's game in which one child guesses in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong.
What is handy-dandy the alternative form of?
Handy-dandy is the alternative form of handy dandy.
What part of speech is handy-dandy?
Handy-dandy is a noun.

Words near handy-dandy in the dictionary

  1. handwrought
  2. handy
  3. handy dandy
  4. handy talkie
  5. handy talkies
  6. handy-dandy
  7. handy-fight
  8. handy-fights
  9. handy-pandy
  10. handyblow
  11. handyblows

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