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He’ll also be in Cedar Falls, before racing off for multiple events in four cities, including a howdy-do at Cecil’s Cafe in Marshalltown with the Marshall County Pachyderm Association.

From Washington Times • May 17, 2015

Which is not in itself unwelcome, but can introduce a hiccup to your howdy-do, and occasionally result in some lipstick slapstick.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2014

This is a typical howdy-do from Uncle Sam Calling, eight-week radio series now planted on 662 U. S. radio stations by the U. S. Census Bureau.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Howdy-do, howdy-do," she would jabber at new arrivals.

From Time Magazine Archive

And when he came back from the woods and found a woodpile on top of the place where he had hidden it, it was no wonder that he made such a howdy-do.

From The Tale of Old Dog Spot by Bailey, Arthur Scott




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