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handsies

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From hand + -sies.

noun

  1. childish, plural, plural only The hands. His mom spoke in the happy singsong voice of a children’s TV show host. “No, no, Marty. Poopy is dirty. Let’s wash your handsies.”
  2. informal, plural, plural only Flirtatious or lascivious touching.

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"handsies." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/handsies. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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handsies. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/handsies

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"handsies." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/handsies.

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@misc{handsies_2026,
  title = {handsies},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handsies},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}