howdy and a half

howdy and a half

Rur. a short distance. Tom: Is it far to the dime store? Jane: Just a howdy and a half. Her house was a howdy and a half from the place where I grew up.
See also: and, half, howdy
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • spanked
  • glass
  • half an eye
  • half the battle
  • half again as
  • half again as many
  • half again as much
  • too clever by half
  • too clever, quick, etc. by half
  • too something by half