"handy dandy" meaning in All languages combined

See handy dandy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more handy dandy [comparative], most handy dandy [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} handy dandy (comparative more handy dandy, superlative most handy dandy)
  1. (informal) Handy; helpful or useful, as due to some clever trick or design. Tags: informal Synonyms: handy-dandy

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} handy dandy
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-handy_dandy-enm-noun-oKDbqFfW Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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