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Come in handy

verb

Be useful for a certain purpose.

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"Come in handy" Quotes from Famous Books

... pickpocket would rob me," said Fred smiling. "Fifteen dollars would come in handy just now," and his smile was succeeded by a grave look, for money was scarce with the little household of which he was ...

— The Erie Train Boy • Horatio Alger

... the undertaker, "your services will come in handy. We can bury him proper. I am awful fond of that horse. I shouldn't wonder if he hadn't been at as many as a ...

— A Little Book for Christmas • Cyrus Townsend Brady

... which he had no more right than to Alphonse. As Captain Flanagan was too good a sailor himself to draw distinctions, he was always glad to add a foreign tongue to his crew. You never could tell when its use might come in handy. That is why Pierre Picard was allowed to drink his soup in ...

— A Splendid Hazard • Harold MacGrath

... take the Lark with me. That's a mighty powerful machine for its size, and it can be taken apart in sections. It will carry three on a pinch, and I have had five in her with two auxiliary seats. I'll take the Lark, and she may come in handy." ...

— Tom Swift in Captivity • Victor Appleton

... and I'll go with you," called the other. "I'm a doctor and I might come in handy. I'll ...

— Treasure and Trouble Therewith - A Tale of California • Geraldine Bonner

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