English

Noun

howdie ‎(plural howdies)

1. Alternative form of howdy
   • 2011, Wulf Kurtoglu & ‎Caroline Macafee, Braken Fences, ISBN 1470908077, page 195:

     Sae Beatrice wis ready whan she wis cried on in the middle o the nicht tae halp the howdie. It wis a saicont bairn, an Derriakin wis muckle-boukit, sae the birth gaed quick.

   • 2011, Catherine M. Byrne, Follow the Dove, ISBN 1848768060, page 110:

     'I've sent Davie for Lizzie, the howdie,' she said. 'Ye're not to worry. A seven month bairn can survive.'

   • 2012, Margaret Bennett, Scottish Customs: From the Cradle to the Grave, ISBN 0857905449:

     The children born in Hawick in the olden times were, with few exceptions, ushered into the world with the aid of the howdie or midwife; for the practice of midwifery was, unless in very special cases, almost confined to women.

Interjection

howdie

1. Alternative form of howdy
   • 1984, Preston Jones, A Place on the Magdalena Flats: A Play in Three Acts, ISBN 0822208954, page 60:

     Howdie there, Wanda. How about a cuppa .

   • 2015 November 24, Kristine Francis, “NCIS Recap 11/24/15: Season 13 Episode 10 "Blood Brothers"”, in Celebrity Dirty Laundry:

     He says howdie and says he got a deal for Doogan.

   • 2016 May 21, Sunita Mudaliar, “Trying to control tourists in Umred-Karhandla is not such a good idea!”, in Nagpur Today:

     Then he went round the gypsy saying “Howdie?” to the youngsters inside, who obviously seemed fear stricken.