Hypertext Webster Gateway: "howdy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Howdy \How"dy\, n. [Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain
origin; cf. OSw. jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.]
A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
howdy
n : an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged
polite hellos" [syn: {hello}, {hullo}, {hi}, {how-do-you-do}]
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