whaddie
whaddie is the alternative form of waddy.
Meaning of waddy
Noun (1)
waddy (plural waddies)
- A cowboy.
- This is how it was with the old waddies, aint it?1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
Noun (2)
waddy (plural waddies)
- A club or heavy stick used by Aboriginal Australians for fighting and hunting; a nulla-nulla.
- I should have told you that many of the Amity Paint tribe, which is more numerous than the other two settlement tribes, were deficient of spears and shields, having nothing but waddies and boomerangs.1839, William Mann, Six Years' Residence in the Australian Provinces, page 156
- A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick.
Forms of whaddie
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Questions about whaddie
- What is whaddie the alternative form of?
- Whaddie is the alternative form of waddy.
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