waddie

English

Noun

waddie (plural waddies)

  1. Alternative spelling of waddy
    • 1829, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13,‎:
      Their weapons of defence are the spear and waddie; the former is about twelve feet long, and as thick as the little finger of a man; the tea-tree supplies them with this matchless weapon; they harden one end, which is very sharply pointed, by burning and filing it with a flint prepared for the purpose.
    • 1846, Ludwig Leichhardt, Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia‎:
      We found shells of Cymbium and Cytherea, an enormous waddie, which could have been wielded only by a powerful arm, nets and various instruments for fishing, in their deserted camp.
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