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

Inflected Forms

noun

• 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

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

From They of the High Trails by Garland, Hamlin

Anyhow I’ve seen her only now an’ then; but the poor widdy comes rig’lar—though I do belave she does it widout pay.

From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"I've just been buryin' my ould husband, an' now I'm a widdy woman."

From The Weans at Rowallan by Fitzpatrick, Kathleen

But ther’ was a onattached widdy in that town when we’d done.”

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell

"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