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howdy

[hau-dee] / ˈhaʊ di /








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“Boy howdy is the media not ready for that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024

It was a jaded look at the whole affair, but boy howdy, would Cheney have deserved that revenge.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022

“Finally, at last, boy howdy hey, welcome to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures,” Tom Hanks said at a media preview last week.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2021

And boy howdy, she was very unhappy with me for bringing it up.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2021

And boy howdy, I was fifteen years old!

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

"Brer Rabbit, he bow'd his howdies ter Brer Wolf un shuck han's 'long wid 'im, des like nothin' aint never happen 'twixt 'um, un he up'n say: "'Ah-law, Brer Wolf!

From Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris

They errayed me before jedge an' jury," Uncle Jake went on, patting the jug affectionately, "an' I bowed my howdies.

From Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White by Joel Chandler Harris

It happened, however, that some unneighbourly person sent him notice of a clecking of tea chests, or brandy kegs, at which both Jenny and Betty Pawkie were the howdies.

From The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by John Galt




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