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Webster 1913 Edition

Handy-dandy

Hand′y-danˊdy

(hănd′y̆-dănˊdy̆)
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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.
Piers Plowman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Handy-dandy

HAND'Y-DANDY

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Noun.
A play in which children change hands and places.

Definition 2024

handy-dandy

handy-dandy

See also: handy dandy

English

Adjective

handy-dandy ‎(not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of handy dandy

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.
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