howdy
1 Americannoun
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howdies
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noun
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howdies
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of howdy
First recorded in 1820–30; from the phrase how do ye?
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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
“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
And boy howdy, she was very unhappy with me for bringing it up.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2021
Boy howdy, we scrambled out quick to grab those mules.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
"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
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
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
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