hay-waddy
Dialect
- Meaning
- A temporary worker hired for haying season
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Nebraska
What does “hay-waddy” mean
A term for a hired hand taken on temporarily to put up hay (mowing, raking, and baling dry grass for animal feed). It reflects Nebraska's ranching and farming economy and is cited as a distinctively Nebraska expression. The 'waddy' element echoes the old cowboy slang for a ranch hand.
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