handie

English

Noun

handie (plural handies or ("hand" sense only) handsies)

1. Alternative form of handy ("hand", "handjob")
   • 1907 September, “Dolly’s Lullaby”, in Teachers Magazine, Elizabeth, N.J., New York, N.Y.: A. S. Barnes & Company, page 47, column 1:

     With my handie patting as I sing my song; / Go to sleep, my dolly, do not keep me long.

   • 1925 December, Ira Gershwin, “Nice Baby”, in Robert Kimball, editor, The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, published 1993, →ISBN, page 68, column 3:

     If you like candy, / Come hold my handie.

   • 1933, Virginia Olcott, Klaas and Jansje, Children of the Dikes, Silver, Burdett and Company, page 52:

     “Saint Maarten’s Light! / My father’s name is Luutje, / My mother’s name is Jantje. / Give me something in my handie.” “Oh!” Jansje sat up straight to listen. “Did the people give you anything?” Klaas grinned. “Cookies, candies, apples, and sometimes pennies! I wish we celebrated Saint Maarten’s Night in my town,” he said longingly.

   • 2010, Jonathan J. Drake, Jakob Flint - From Fool to King, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 2:

     “Guess what I’ve got in my handie?” he asked.