dandler
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dan·dle
(dăn′dl)tr.v. dan·dled, dan·dling, dan·dles
1. To move (a small child) up and down on the knees or in the arms in a playful way.
2. To pamper or pet.
n. Narragansett Bay
also dandle board See seesaw.
[Origin unknown.]
dan′dler n.
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