widdy

¹

Also widdie,

[wid-ee]

noun

Chiefly Scot.

plural

widdies 

1. a band or rope, traditionally one made from intertwined willow twigs.

2. a hangman's rope; noose.

widdy

²

[wid-ee]

noun

Dialect.

plural

widdies 

1. widow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of widdy¹

1400–50; late Middle English (north), variant of withy

Origin of widdy²

Analogous to widder, with -y ²

Example Sentences

Quietly I say: “It worked out, Widdy. We did it, buddy.”

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Widdy had been dragged across the Blackpool ballroom "like a Hoover or something" for the last time.

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"Widdy, widdy, is it?" cried the man, angrily.

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It's some of them blathering Barneys that's after calling me Bridget a widdy.

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“The widdy’s takin’ it harrd, I’m thinkin’, but she’ll get over it before the wake,” he said.

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