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howdy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun howdy has 1 sense
- howdy(n = noun.communication) hello, hi, how-do-you-do, hullo - an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" is a kind of greeting, salutation
CIDE DICTIONARY
howdy, n. [Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain origin; cf. OSw. jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.].
A midwife. [1913 Webster]
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