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howdie

[hou-dee, ou-; hoh-dee, oh-dee]

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noun Scot. and North England Slang.

a midwife.

Also howdy.

Origin of howdie

origin uncertain

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for howdie

Historical Examples of howdie

If our old servants are still with you, say howdie to them for me.
Old Times in Dixie Land
Caroline E. Merrick
I ran up and down like mad for the Howdie, and at last brought her trotting along with me by the lug.
The Life of Mansie Wauch
David Macbeth Moir
So Tammy and I had to oxter her out between us, and deliver the howdie herself—safe in at her own door.
The Life of Mansie Wauch
David Macbeth Moir