waddy

¹ American  

[wod-ee] / ˈwɒd i /

noun

plural

waddies

1. a heavy wooden war club used by Australian Aboriginal peoples.

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verb (used with object)

waddied, waddying

1. to beat or strike with a waddy.

waddy ² American  

[wod-ee] / ˈwɒd i /

Or waddie

noun

plural

waddies

1. Cowboy Slang, Western U.S.. a cowboy.

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waddy British  

/ ˈwɒdɪ /

noun

1. a heavy wooden club used as a weapon by native Australians

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verb

1. (tr) to hit with a waddy

Etymology

Origin of waddy¹

First recorded in 1795–1805, waddy is from the Dharuk word wa-di “stick”

Origin of waddy²

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Peter Ustinov, playing an unmarried remittance man who has to beat the girls off with a waddy, makes a comical old dag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jimmy leaped up from where he had been squirming, as Jack Penny called it, on the ground, and began to bound about, brandishing his waddy, and killing nothing with blows on the head.

From Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea by Browne, Gordon

All at once Jimmy seemed to rouse himself, throwing up his waddy with his foot and catching it in his hand.

From Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea by Browne, Gordon

In pigeon-English, "little fellow waddy" means a small piece of wood.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

If this man were a waddy, who of all her friends could she trust?

From Brand Blotters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)