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handy-dandy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Meanings

(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of handy dandy.
alt of handy dandy

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most handy-dandy	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more handy-dandy	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

handy-dandy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English handy dandy.

Meanings

(obsolete, uncountable) 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