A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1540, 1629
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(Handy-,) Handie-dandie, Handé-dandé, n. phr. [ME. handi-dandi (1362).] Handy-dandy, the children's game. —c1540 Lynd. Kitteis Conf. 78.
Quod he, ane plak I wyll gar Sande Giue thé agane with hande-dande 1629 Boyd Last B. 371.
Abhorre to bee idle like these who, sitting in the chaire of sloth, passe their time at handie dandie
