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ˈwä-dē

Definition of waddy

Australian

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment an aborigine armed with a waddy was a formidable foe

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ˈwä-dē

variants or waddie

West

as in cowboy

a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range the waddies were preparing to start branding

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By the late 1800s, Thonet had added child-size cane seating and high chairs to its catalog.

— Steven Weill, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
Before he was dragged, Boahene was seen on the train car’s security cameras with a cane and a blue plastic bag, moving unsteadily toward the door after the train stopped at Utica Ave.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

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When Ifa, a gender-fluid cowboy, arrives looking for work, everything shifts.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Despite Villa Domínguez’s nine remaining Jews, the museum remains an important part of the town, tracing the history of Argentinian Jewish ranchers, farmers and the cowboys known as gauchos.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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The study team gave them wooden batons and instructions to not physically harm the prisoners, but maintain law and order.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
For days, protesters have hurled rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks at police who have used batons, water cannons and tear gas in clashes in the city center.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

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