/how"deuh yeuh dooh"/ , n. , pl. how-do-you-dos . Informal.
1. a greeting; salutation: She smiled and gave him a how-do-you-do fit for a king.
2. an awkward or unpleasant event or situation: It's a fine how-do-you-do that they've refused to help us out.
Also, how-de-do /how"dee dooh"/ .
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