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waddy

[wod-ee]

noun

a heavy wooden war club of the Australian Aborigines.

verb (used with object)

to beat or strike with a waddy.

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Origin:
1795–1805; < Dharuk wa-di stick

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noun, plural -dies.

Cowboy Slang, Western U.S.. a cowboy.

Also, wad·die.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; origin uncertain

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waddy (ˈwɒdɪ)

—n , pl -dies
1.	a heavy wooden club used as a weapon by native Australians

—vb , -dies, -dies, -dying, -died
2.	(tr) to hit with a waddy

[C19: from a native Australian language, perhaps based on English wood¹]

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