Waddy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɒdi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Waddy is a noun meaning (colloquial) A cowboy.
Meaning
(colloquial) A cowboy.
More Meanings
- (Australia) A club or heavy stick used by Aboriginal Australians for fighting and hunting; a nulla-nulla.
- (Australia) A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick.
- (Australia, transitive) To strike or beat with a waddy.
Example Sentences
This is how it was with the old waddies, aint it?
And in a free fight, the waddy, like an Irishman's shillaly, figures very prominently.
The kids would copy the men to make their own cricket stumps, but no-one was allowed to touch Grandfather's special wood for making waddies.
If I ever meet one of you Texas waddies that says he never drank from a horse track I think I will shake his hand and give him a Daniel Webster cigar.
Word Forms
- waddies
- waddie
- waddying
- waddied
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dingwad, paddywack, cowpuncher, wagonman, westling, paddywhack.
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