The Collaborative International Dictionary
Handy-dandy \Hand"y-dan`dy\ (h[a^]nd"[y^]*d[a^]n`d[y^]), n.
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.
Wiktionary
a. (alternative form of handy dandy English) n. (context obsolete English) 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.
Usage examples of "handy-dandy".
The storage compartment held a grand total of three wrenches of various sizes, a screwdriver, a fuel pump, four spark plugs, assorted nuts and bolts, a couple of rags, a wooden paddle, a nylon boat cover and a handy-dandy little number that's going to add to the enjoyment of the voyage.
I do believe that is the sound of my new, handy-dandy, state-of-the-art, personal digital assistant.
Lovely place it was, with a single bright and recessed light in the ceiling, solid glowstone bunk without furs, barred doors, and a handy-dandy automatic restrainer field to scramble my thoughts and keep me in.