Also, most of the chaffering was negotiated over drink, to obtain which adjournment was made to the handiest bar.
Whenever she was assailed by her remorseless troubles in London, she would hasten, if it were possible, to either the handiest and best orchestral concert, or a pianoforte recital where Chopin was to be played.
The cheapest andhandiest of the former, without commentary, is that in the Collection Garnier.
Friar John was the handiest person, and he took him.
Tobacco stems, straw or hay cut into lengths of six or eight inches, should be kept before the birds at all times and this crate is the handiest and best way to furnish this material.
If you ask him Paddy will tell you that that tail is the handiest tail in the Green Forest," said she.
When started off the ground the poor wretches just make for the handiest branch, and squat there.
We, each seated on a bit of bag, or our hat, lean comfortably against the spurs of the handiest tree, the overhanging dense foliage making pleasant shade.
Then would we tie up to the handiest wharf and effect repairs, with much banging of hammers and clashing of tools thrown angrily about.
We got jest the handiest dock in the world fer him, up the back lane.
So I reckoned I wouldn't bother no more about it, but after this always do whichever come handiest at the time.
A common bell-glass or bell-jar (cloche of the French) makes one of the best and handiest propagating-frames because it admits light upon all sides and is convenient to handle.
The handiest mallet is a simple club or billy, a foot and a half long, hung over the wrist by a loose soft cord (Fig 82).
The handiest measuring tool ever invented is the old-fashioned two-foot rule that folds up to six inches in length to be carried in the pocket.
A tool box with a high lengthwise partition in the middle and a handle in the middle of the top of the partition is the handiest tool box ever used on a farm.
Straight tongs made to hold 3/8" iron is the handiest size.
Monkey-Wrenches are the handiest of all farm wrenches, but they were never intended to hammer with.
So little colour is required for this purpose that I have found the oil-colour tubes used by artists to be the handiest and cheapest.
Bags of moss or ant-hills may be brought home and looked over at leisure for minute beetles--throwing rubbish into water, or sifting it over white paper, being the handiest way to reveal them.
This is one of the handiest tools to have around any shop, not only as a nail and a bolt puller, but it may be used in place of the crow-bar.
The alligator wrench is one of thehandiest tools to have in a home or shop.
He made his preparations mechanically, propping the sea-boots where they would be handiest when he turned out.
A 32-feet cutter (handiest and sweetest of all Service boats to sail) goes skimming past on a trial run.
He is far from being aesthetic in his house or housekeeping, and builds a strong, coarse nest of the handiest materials and in the handiest place, selecting the latter with a confidence in boy-nature and cat-nature that is often misplaced.
The handiestof all is perhaps the "Calculating Circle" by Boucher, made in the form of a watch.
The handiest for general use is the Gravet rule made by Tavernier-Gravet in Paris, according to instructions of the mathematician V.
The schooner rig makes the handiest all-round vessel known.
On sunny days the blind soldier and the palsied one sat in the sunshine, and when it rained they took refuge with the others in whichever of the leaky burrows was handiest for them to reach.
Feeling abashed, as though he had been rebuked after some subtle fashion for presumption and forwardness, Olcott dropped into the handiest bar and had a drink all by himself--something he rarely did.
Of these decorative flowers, the handiest are the rose and pink, as at every season of the year they are easily obtained.
A copper pan is the best and handiest of all; it can be done in another, but it is more difficult; the sugar turns brown before being thoroughly cooked or reduced.
He's one of the handiest lads aloft I've got, bad leg or no.
Varachon growled at Houdon, and Garnier reached for a water-bottle as the handiestweapon of defense.
Now and then these heaps would be carted away to a spot outside the town; but usually the street was looked upon as the handiest place into which to fling any refuse from the houses.
For instance, amongst the Cotswolds stone has always been the handiest material for building walls, and for covering roofs.
The handiest way of reeving the main bowline is to have a single rope with the standing part hooked near the foremast, and reeve it out through a heart in the bridle.
The handiest way usually is, to make it up on its end, take a hitch over the whole with the standing part, and let it hang.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handiest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
