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

I went just now and he began hitting at my legs with his waddy, and then he poked at Gyp with his spear for going up to smell him.”

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

So Teddy put down the pail upon seeing his master’s mood, seized again waddy and spear, and, panting and tongue-lolling, took his place at one of the windows to watch again for his enemies.

From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville

He had rescued the captured waddy from the hands of the incensed ranchers and brought him straight to Live-Oaks.

From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod

Without being ordered to do so, the hands of the waddy were thrust skyward.

From Mavericks by Raine, William MacLeod