howdy
1 Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of howdy
First recorded in 1820–30; from the phrase how do ye?
Example Sentences
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“Boy howdy is the media not ready for that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
“Finally, at last, boy howdy hey, welcome to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures,” Tom Hanks said at a media preview last week.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
It's a lot of shirt-ripping and “Oh, howdy, Mom”s, and it's exactly as cringey as it sounds.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2019
Yes, I know Bert Sandeen – he’s a good old Joe – and when you see him again, say howdy from me.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017
I cooed to hold her steady, but she shifted, making my leg swing against her and hop all the worse, sending the idea I wanted her to get going and howdy.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
"Brer Rabbit, he bow'd his howdies ter Brer Wolf un shuck han's 'long wid 'im, des like nothin' aint never happen 'twixt 'um, un he up'n say: "'Ah-law, Brer Wolf!
From Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation by Harris, Joel Chandler
They errayed me before jedge an' jury," Uncle Jake went on, patting the jug affectionately, "an' I bowed my howdies.
From Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White by Harris, Joel Chandler
It happened, however, that some unneighbourly person sent him notice of a clecking of tea chests, or brandy kegs, at which both Jenny and Betty Pawkie were the howdies.
From The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by Galt, John
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