英语词汇“to play handy-dandy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative and in figurative contexts. to play (at) handy-dandy: to act secretively or frivolously; (also) to make frequent changes or alterations.

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1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 319/2 Yet these mates will come hither and play handidandy.

c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 2 Master Cartwright would playe at handie dandie with vs, and yet not giue vs that hand which we doe choose.

1683 W. Williams Answer Mr. Hunt's Postscript 20 All the Arts and Acts of Parliament afterwards, which..played handy-dandy with the Crown.

1702 Observator 4 July Frequent Dissolutions of Parliament have always been esteemed prejudicial to the People; for when Kings play at Handy dandy with Parliaments, they design to play a Game without them.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 355 You cannot play handy-dandy with a king's crown, your Majesty! say his new Ministers.

1903 F. Converse Long Will ii. i. 138 Shall a lay-brother of Malvern stoop to play handy-dandy for favours?

1947 M. Sandoz Tom-walker 362 My wife played handy-pandy with the chairborne while I was sweating it out between decks in the Pacific.

1994 W. S. Blanchard in P. C. Herman Rethinking Henrician Era 129 Skelton..found a means, later in his career, of playing handy-dandy with several voices.

单词	to play handy-dandy
释义	> as lemmas to play (at) handy-dandy b. figurative and in figurative contexts. to play (at) handy-dandy: to act secretively or frivolously; (also) to make frequent changes or alterations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [verb (intransitive)] > play finger game to play (at) handy-dandy1579 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 319/2 Yet these mates will come hither and play handidandy. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 2 Master Cartwright would playe at handie dandie with vs, and yet not giue vs that hand which we doe choose. 1683 W. Williams Answer Mr. Hunt's Postscript 20 All the Arts and Acts of Parliament afterwards, which..played handy-dandy with the Crown. 1702 Observator 4 July Frequent Dissolutions of Parliament have always been esteemed prejudicial to the People; for when Kings play at Handy dandy with Parliaments, they design to play a Game without them. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 355 You cannot play handy-dandy with a king's crown, your Majesty! say his new Ministers. 1903 F. Converse Long Will ii. i. 138 Shall a lay-brother of Malvern stoop to play handy-dandy for favours? 1947 M. Sandoz Tom-walker 362 My wife played handy-pandy with the chairborne while I was sweating it out between decks in the Pacific. 1994 W. S. Blanchard in P. C. Herman Rethinking Henrician Era 129 Skelton..found a means, later in his career, of playing handy-dandy with several voices. extracted from handy-dandyn.adv.int. < as lemmas
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