HANDINESS

handiness, accessibility, availability, availableness

(noun) the quality of being at hand when needed

handiness

(noun) skillfulness with the hands; “he can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

handiness (usually uncountable, plural handinesses)

The quality or state of being handy.

Source: Wiktionary


Hand"i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being handy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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11 February 2025

ALEWIFE

(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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