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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HANDY-DANDY
n.
A
play
in
which
children
change
hands
and
places.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HANDY-DANDY
HANDY-DANDY
Hand
"y-dan `
dy,
n.
Defn: 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.