handy

• They had no check handy, and Gloucester in particular foreread his death-warrant, but of necessity he shouted with the others, "Hail, King of England That afternoon the King's assumption of all royal responsibility was commemorated by a tournament, over which Dame Anne presided. —  Chivalry
• We could plainly see "Kaposia" six miles away Christmas the company sent me one hundred dollars which came in handy, as I was just married Mr. Caleb Dorr--1847, Ninety years old I came to St. Anthony in 1847 and boarded at the messhouse at first. —  Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
• Mrs. Merriman always kept a clinical thermometer handy, and on discovering that the young girl's temperature was considerably over one hundred degrees, she took fright and had her removed to a room in a distant part of the house If she is not better in the morning we will send for the doctor," was her verdict. —  A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls
• Brushwood was handy, and having started a fire they cleaned some of the fish and set it to broiling. —  The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall
• I was quick and handy, and I worked early and late. —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance

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