howdie

I said "howdie" in one scene and then they shot me in the other scene.

Out of Character, Into the Limelight 2009

If our old servants are still with you, say "howdie" to them for me.

Old times in Dixie land : a southern matron's memories, 1901

If I had known I woulda said howdie and thanks for the great reporting.

Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

Glossary: sheelicks: husked grain riddle: sieve ben: in helster-howdie: from "heels ower gowdie"; head-over-heels teuchit: lapwing tint: lost barra-shaft: handle of a wheelbarrow chiel: man min't: reminded hurled: driven, carried, hauled marra: equal

Sheelicks 1996

She fell helster-howdie ower a pig, for there she never lookit;

Sheelicks 1996

Old Granny Frame, the "howdie-wife" of the village, always declared that he would be a great man, but others just took it for granted that he would never see things as they saw them.

The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

Horn, 'at they'll tak frae nane ither, for your temper's weel kent, an' little made o '; but it's an ill faured thing to anger the howdie

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

"There's naebody near, daddy -- naebody but the howdie wife."

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

I was bewildered -- the light in the room made my een reel; but I soon came to myself, when I saw a man and Mrs. Kemp the howdie busy rowing something in flannel.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII Alexander Leighton 1837

There's mirth among the kin when the howdie cries "A son."

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836