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Webster 1913 Edition


Biddy

Bid′dy

,
Noun.
[Etymology uncertain.]
A name used in calling a hen or chicken.
Shak.

Bid′dy

,
Noun.
[A familiar form of
Bridget
.]
An Irish serving woman or girl.
[Colloq.]

Definition 2024


Biddy

Biddy

See also: biddy and Biddie

English

Proper noun

Biddy

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Bridget.
    • 1860/1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
      "It's my wedding-day," cried Biddy, in a burst of happiness, "and I am married to Joe!"
  2. A surname of Scottish origin.

biddy

biddy

See also: Biddy and Biddie

English

Noun

biddy (plural biddies)

  1. (pejorative) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.
  2. (uncommon) An attractive little girl.
  3. (archaic, colloquial) An Irish maidservant.
  4. (by extension, derogatory) An Irishwoman
  5. A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
    • 1915 Burgess, Thornton W., The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Ch. XI:
      "Well, we'll see about it by and by," said Farmer Brown's boy. "There's the breakfast bell, and I haven't fed the biddies yet."
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

biddy (plural biddies)

  1. (US) Alternative spelling of bittie