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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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