biddy

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[ bid-ee ]
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noun,plural bid·dies.Chiefly New England, South Midland, and Southern U.S.
  1. a chicken.

  2. a newly hatched chick.

Origin of biddy

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1595–1605; compare British dialect biddy (< ?) with same sense, usually as a call to chickens

Other definitions for biddy (2 of 2)

biddy2
[ bid-ee ]

noun,plural bid·dies.
  1. a fussbudget, especially a fussy old woman.

  2. a female domestic servant, especially a cleaning woman.

Origin of biddy

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1700–10; special use of Biddy, by-form of Bridget

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How to use biddy in a sentence

  • Two stout old biddies got stuck into Sarah Palin this weekend—Barbara Bush and Frank Rich.

    Palin Paranoia Decoded | Tunku Varadarajan | November 23, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Chelsea Handler's bawdy talk show is the perfect antidote to the boys' club of late night and the shrill biddies of daytime.

  • He quite overlooks the fact that Farmer Brown's boy feeds the biddies and takes the eggs as pay.

    Blacky the Crow | Thornton W. Burgess
  • Anyway, that is what Farmer Brown's boy says, but I do not know whether or not the biddies understand it that way.

    Blacky the Crow | Thornton W. Burgess
  • So I feed my biddies, and the children gather the eggs, until we hear the men coming in from the field.

    The American Country Girl | Martha Foote Crow
  • If he chasss up to one of my old biddies, she tries to tear that flannel suit right offn him.

  • I've done nothing but wish for a brigade of Biddies, with good stout mops, and a government permit to clean up.

    The Unspeakable Perk | Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for biddy (1 of 2)

biddy1

/ (ˈbɪdɪ) /


nounplural -dies
  1. a dialect word for chicken, hen

Origin of biddy

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C17: perhaps imitative of calling chickens

British Dictionary definitions for biddy (2 of 2)

biddy2

/ (ˈbɪdɪ) /


nounplural -dies
  1. informal, offensive a woman, esp an old gossipy or interfering one

Origin of biddy

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C18: from pet form of Bridget

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