Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Scotland)A wife.

  2. (Scotland)A midwife.

More definitions
  • an expression of greeting

Examples

1 sentences
  1. “Howdy-do!” said I aloud to the fattest and reddest carnation that overtopped all the rest.

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Forms

plural: howdies
Singularhowdy
Pluralhowdies

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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