Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A play of children in which something, as a pebble or a coin, is shaken between the hands of one, while another guesses which hand it is retained in.
- noun Hence A bribe paid secretly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
handy dandy . - noun obsolete A children's game in which one child
guesses in which closedhand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right andforfeiting anequivalent if wrong.
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Examples
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Beware of all talk of handy-dandy “problem solvers.”
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Beware of all talk of handy-dandy “problem solvers” Many roads lead to actual learning. wmb Says:
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It talks abut skepticism as a handy-dandy toolkit for investigating claims, whether it be everyday or not-so-ordinary, and how it is like "science express."
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But I imagine you have historical files with all those handy-dandy details.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Give your dad the gift of wireless, free energy with this handy-dandy NoonSolar messenger bag.
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It talks abut skepticism as a handy-dandy toolkit for investigating claims, whether it be everyday or not-so-ordinary, and how it is like "science express."
What is a Skeptic? Nicole 2009
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I drive to the shop, do some quick sleuthing, and find this footage on my handy-dandy web cam:
Breakin' the law, breakin' the law Zenmomma 2009
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But according to Football Outsiders' handy-dandy efficiency ratings, one playoff team may have been worse the 2004 St. Louis Rams, and the 1998 Arizona Cardinals were close.
Seahawks only close to worst ever Doug Farrar 2011
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I have cut and pasted into my handy-dandy recipe file.
Banana bread-cake 2009
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But I imagine you have historical files with all those handy-dandy details.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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