waddy

See also wadi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɒdi/

Etymology 1

Origin unknown.

Alternative forms

• waddie

Noun

waddy (plural waddies)

1. (colloquial) A cowboy.
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses,

     This is how it was with the old waddies, aint it?

   • 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit,

     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.

Etymology 2

Sydney wadi ("stick, weapon").

Noun

waddy (plural waddies)

1. (Australia) A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla.