kiddo

[ kid-oh ]

noun

, plural kid·dos, kid·does.

1. Informal. (used as a familiar form of address.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiddo¹

First recorded in 1880–85; kid ¹ + -o

Example Sentences

Sure, he rambled some, teared up and kept calling his wife “kiddo.”

From The Daily Beast

It is the sweetest thing now you are mine and I am yours forever kiddo.

From Project Gutenberg

In this strange environment Tom was glad to hear the operator say, "H'lo, kiddo," just as he might have said it on the street.

From Project Gutenberg

I couldn't have proved—I mean—well, it isn't so easy to talk to Mr. Ellsworth as it is to you, kiddo.

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Why, that was just what he was studyin' over; he was just puttin' that up to himself when he ran across the kiddo just now.

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Say, kiddo, how did you find out what it feels like to be a lady?

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