handy-dandy

adjective

ˌhan-dē-ˈdan-dē 

variants or less commonly handy dandy

informal

: convenient and useful : handy

a handy-dandy tool/device

As a public service, Digital Dispatch would like to provide this handy-dandy clippable guide.

—Joan O'C. Hamilton

I've a friend who works at an office in Jamestown. I knew he would gladly allow me to use his computer. I used my handy dandy phone to find the address.

—Dean Meyer

Examples of handy-dandy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Get The Recipe 03 of 15 Lemon-Dill Chicken Skillet With only five ingredients, this skillet supper relies on the handy-dandy microwave to have dinner on the table in 40 minutes. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024

This handy-dandy function keeps the pool cleaner at surface level, picking up debris like leaves, acorns, bugs, and pollen from the top of the water. —Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2024

The man has to scream whenever one of these handy-dandy tools are used. —Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023

His handy-dandy Bottega Veneta Andiamo Bag was a fabulous flourish to the look (BTS’s RM carried the bag in a campaign for the house this week, too). —André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023

Word History

Etymology

rhyming compound from handy and dandy entry 2

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above