howdie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of howdie
Origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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I was at my wits' en', For Tibbie the howdie was fou, An' e'en had I got her to traivel the road What use was she mair than the soo?
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by David Rorie
And a merry mouse in a mill, With a howdie crowdie, &c. &c.
From Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various
The creeshie rax wi' skelpin' kaes Nae mair the howdie bicker whangs, Nor weanies in their wee bit claes Glour light as lammies wi' their sangs.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton
It seems to me," said the flustered howdie, "that it was but last night that I left for Keppoch.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
There's mirth among the kin when the howdie cries "A son."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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