"handy dandy" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

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.
    Sense id: en-handy_dandy-enm-noun-oKDbqFfW Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Games Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 40 47 13 Disambiguation of Games: 84 16
  2. A bribe.
    Sense id: en-handy_dandy-enm-noun-l~DXJzs0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 40 47 13
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