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单词 waddy
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waddyn.1

Brit. /ˈwɒdi/, U.S. /ˈwɑdi/, Australian English /ˈwɔdi/
Forms: Also 1800s waddie, whaddie.
Etymology: In use among Australian Aboriginal people; perhaps an Australian Aboriginal word, but possibly a corruption of English wood.
Australian.
a. An Aboriginal war-club.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun]
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plantc1400
kibble1411
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hurlbatc1450
ploykc1450
rung1491
libberlac1500
waster1533
batonc1550
macana1555
libbet1562
bastinado1574
crab-tree comb1593
tomahawkc1612
billeta1616
wiper1622
batoon1637
gibbeta1640
crab-bat1647
kibbo1688
Indian club1694
batterdasher1696
crab-stick1703
bloodwipea1705
bludgeon1730
kierie1731
oaken towel1739
crab1740
shillelagh1772
knobstick1783
pogamogganc1788
whirlbat1791
nulla-nulla1798
waddy1800
kevel1807
supple1815
mere1820
hurlet1825
knobkerrie1826
blackthorn1829
bastera1833
twig1842
leangle1845
alpeen1847
banger1849
billy1856
thwack-stave1857
clump1868
cosh1869
nulla1878
sap1899
waddy1899
blunt instrument1923
1788 D. Southwell in Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1893) II. 698 A stick or club, wad-di or wad-dty.]
1800 J. Hunter in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1914) 1st Ser. I. ii. 406 They had each a Spear and a Warmaraa and a Waddy.
1807 J. Savage Some Acct. N.Z. viii. 52 The men..carry a waddy..in figure somewhat resembling a large battledore..usually formed of hard black stone.
1814 Flinders Voy. II. 189 Something resembling the whaddie, or wooden sword of the natives of Port Jackson.
1818 J. Oxley Jrnls. Two Exped. New S. Wales (1820) 226 After beating their spears and waddies together for about a quarter of an hour,..they went away.
1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. vii. 220 The waddy is a heavy, knobbed club, about two feet long.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xviii Blows from the unerring waddy.
1892 J. Fraser Aborigines of New S. Wales 74 A general name for all Australian clubs is ‘waddy’, and, although they are really clubs, they are often used as missiles in battle.
attributive.a1904 W. Craig Adv. Austral. Goldfields 283 The waddy blows inflicted..resulted in terrible injuries.
b. transferred. Any club or stick; spec. a walking-stick.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun]
sowelc893
treec893
cudgelc897
stinga900
bat?c1225
sticka1275
clubc1275
truncheon14..
bourdonc1325
bastona1400
warderera1400
plantc1400
kibble1411
playloomc1440
hurlbatc1450
ploykc1450
rung1491
libberlac1500
waster1533
batonc1550
macana1555
libbet1562
bastinado1574
crab-tree comb1593
tomahawkc1612
billeta1616
wiper1622
batoon1637
gibbeta1640
crab-bat1647
kibbo1688
Indian club1694
batterdasher1696
crab-stick1703
bloodwipea1705
bludgeon1730
kierie1731
oaken towel1739
crab1740
shillelagh1772
knobstick1783
pogamogganc1788
whirlbat1791
nulla-nulla1798
waddy1800
kevel1807
supple1815
mere1820
hurlet1825
knobkerrie1826
blackthorn1829
bastera1833
twig1842
leangle1845
alpeen1847
banger1849
billy1856
thwack-stave1857
clump1868
cosh1869
nulla1878
sap1899
waddy1899
blunt instrument1923
the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick
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waddy1974
1899 ‘S. Rudd’ On our Selection 19 We each carried a kerosine tin, slung like a kettle-drum, and belted it with a waddy.
1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger 88 None of that bad language or I'll take a waddy to you.
1972 Southerly 32 200 Freeth had offered him the use of his cane—his ‘waddy’, as he called it—after the first week.
1974 K. Cook Bloodhouse 31 She had seen him..smash his ebony waddy hard down on his neck.

Derivatives

ˈwaddy v. (transitive) to strike, beat, or kill, with a waddy.
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1855 Ld. Sherbrooke Poems (1885) 100 The black thieves appeared, My shepherds they waddied, my cattle they speared.
1859 Huxley Let. 25 June in L. Huxley Life & Lett. (1903) I. xiii. 252 The fellows who waddied the Amphitherium and speared the Phascolotherium.
1890 Argus (Melbourne) 16 Aug. 4/8 He waddied Kate pretty near to death when he got to camp that night.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

waddyn.2

Brit. /ˈwɒdi/, U.S. /ˈwɑdi/
Forms: Also waddie.
Etymology: Origin uncertain.
U.S. slang.
A cattle rustler; a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > stealers of animals > [noun] > of cattle
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cattle-stealer1803
duffer1844
cattle-lifter1860
cattle-thief1862
rustler1878
planter1890
waddy1897
cattle-rustler1903
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd
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cowgirl1753
herds-woman1818
oxman1820
ranchero1825
topsman1825
vaquero1826
herdsmaiden1829
overlander1841
cattle-herd1845
cowboy1849
buckaroo1852
stock-rider1862
pointer1869
night-herder1870
puncher1870
bull-puncher1872
outrider1872
cowpuncher1873
range man1875
cow-puncher1878
herd-boy1878
cow-girl1884
trail-herd1885
trail boss1890
nighthawk1903
point man1903
swing man1903
top hand1912
charro1926
waddy1927
cattle-puncher1928
cowpoke1928
paniolo1947
1897 E. Hough Story of Cowboy 279 A genuine rustler was called a ‘waddy’, a name difficult to trace to its origin.
1927 J. Lomax Cowboy Songs 374 He rides a fancy horse, he's a favorite man, Can get more credit than a common waddie can.
1931 W. Rogers in S. K. Gragert Will Rogers' Weekly Articles (1982) V. 470 You town waddies know what a Combine is?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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