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handy-dandy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
handy--dandy
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of handy dandy.

noun

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.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English handy dandy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

handy-pandy

Questions

What does handy-dandy mean?
Alternative form of handy dandy.
Where does handy-dandy come from?
Inherited from Middle English handy dandy.

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