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- What does “waddie” mean? - True West Magazine
“Waddie” or “waddy” was originally a derogatory word for a thief or rustler, and the word gradually evolved into meaning a lower-class hired hand on horseback Wordsmith Ramon F Adams believed waddie was coined by cattlemen from “wad,” which describes someone who fills in on a ranch during the busy season, such as spring or fall
- Cowboys Glossary of Terms - People The Land
WADDIE: Another term for cowboy, a hired man, in the western United States, who tends cattle and performs many of his duties on horseback The term “waddy” is an old term that no one seems to be able to actually put their finger on the exact origin It is more common in the Midwest and Southwest
- Waddy - Wikipedia
A waddy is a heavy pointed club constructed of carved hardwood timber; it was a traditional weapon developed by Aboriginal people in Australia [4] Waddies were used in hand-to-hand combat and were capable of splitting a shield They could also kill or stun a prey They could be used as projectiles or to make fire and make ochre
- WADDY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of WADDY is club
- WADDY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Waddy definition: a heavy wooden war club used by Australian Aboriginal peoples See examples of WADDY used in a sentence
- waddie, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang
waddie n also waddy [SE wadding, something that ‘fills in’] (US, Western) 1 a cow-rustler, a person who steals or rebrands cattle
- Waddie - definition of waddie by The Free Dictionary
Define waddie waddie synonyms, waddie pronunciation, waddie translation, English dictionary definition of waddie n Western US Variant of waddy2 American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- waddie - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Their weapons of defence are the spear and waddie; the former is about twelve feet long, and as thick as the little finger of a man; the tea-tree supplies them with this matchless weapon; they harden one end, which is very sharply pointed, by burning and filing it with a flint prepared for the purpose
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