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

"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

"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

“Well, she is a widdy woman, and her name is a Mrs. Wright, and she come from Callyfoundland.”

From Her Mother's Secret by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

"Your wife 'll be a rich widdy then, won't she?" cried one of the men; and there was a burst of laughter.

From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle

A jug o’ buthermilk was capsized ower the widdy Magee’s bran new dress, that was made for the hanging precesely, and ruinated it pretty considerably intirely.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School

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

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'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