howdy
1 Americannoun
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howdies
plural
noun
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howdies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
And once that stuff settles into your membranes, boy howdy is it impossible to rinse out.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2022
Ash Wednesday he left us to go meet his Maker; Boy howdy!
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
“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
Without even a howdy or good morning as I walked toward him, he called, “Git out yore pocketknife, Will Tweedy.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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 Joel Chandler Harris
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 John Galt
"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 Joel Chandler Harris
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