An informal greeting.
Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!
To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy
I stood up for the kid and it got ugly, with accusations being thrown in both directions. So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.
A wife.
A midwife.
Clipping of howdy-do, from how-d'ye-do (“how do you do”).
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