widdy

¹ American  

[wid-ee] / ˈwɪd i /

Also widdie,

noun

Chiefly Scot.

widdies plural

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

2. a hangman's rope; noose.

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widdy ² American  

[wid-ee] / ˈwɪd i /

noun

Dialect.

widdies plural

1. widow.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• widdies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of widdy¹

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

Origin of widdy²

Analogous to widder, with -y ²

Example Sentences

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widdy widdies

One of the younger men said: "You'll get that grub-stake over the eye; the widdy is dangerous to-night."

From They of the High Trails by Garland, Hamlin

And old Angus wagged his head and said, "Canny lass, the widdy!"

From They of the High Trails by Garland, Hamlin

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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"Aint you ashamed of yerself to rob a poor widdy, that has hard work to support herself and her childers,—you that's dressed like a gentleman, and ought to know better?"

From Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves by Alger, Horatio

"Whin ye got word of her death last year, was ye a broken-hearted widdy or was ye not?"

From The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

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 Vaughan, C.

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 Sanborn, Kate

He begun to feel sorrowful f'r th' widdies an' orphans.

From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Dunne, Finley Peter

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 Dunne, Finley Peter