widdy
1 Americannoun
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widdies
plural
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a band or rope, traditionally one made from intertwined willow twigs.
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a hangman's rope; noose.
noun
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widdies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of widdy1
1400–50; late Middle English (north), variant of withy
Origin of widdy2
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"Is it a towken that ye're not a widdy?"
From The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
She says to me this mornin’, says she, ‘The’ll be a stiff breeze afore night, Teddy,’ an’ I nivver found the widdy wrong in her forecasts o’ the weather.”
From The Island Queen by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
An’ some folk are quite sure that it was him as stole the little savin’s o’ that poor widdy, Mrs Mooney, though they can’t just prove it agin him.
From The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
It's some of them blathering Barneys that's after calling me Bridget a widdy.
From The Misfit Christmas Puddings by Club Consolation
"I have a towken that ye're not the widdy ye think ye are."
From The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
He begun to feel sorrowful f'r th' widdies an' orphans.
From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Finley Peter Dunne
I'll milk it hard, an' whin 'tis dhry I'll dispose iv it to th' widdies an' orphans iv th' Sixth Ward that need household pets.
From Mr. Dooley's Philosophy by Finley Peter Dunne
I've milked for all maks o' fowks sin' father deed," she went on, "bettermy fowks and poor widdies.
From Tales of the Ridings by C. Vaughan
Shmall use av yer sighin' forlorn; For yer widdies, belike, whin their mournin' is o'er, May marry some gintleman born.
From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Kate Sanborn
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