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    Bridie
    noun
    a female given name, form of Bridget.
  • bridie
    bridie
    noun
    a semicircular pie containing meat and onions

Bridie

American  
[brahy-dee] / ˈbraɪ di /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Bridget.


Bridie 1 British  
/ ˈbraɪdɪ /

noun

  1. James , real name Osborne Henry Mavor . 1888–1951, Scottish physician and dramatist, who founded the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. His plays include The Anatomist (1930)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bridie 2 British  
/ ˈbrəɪdɪ, ˈbraɪdɪ /

noun

  1. a semicircular pie containing meat and onions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bridie

of unknown origin


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“This is unlike any public comment I’ve ever made,” said parent Bridie Lee, one of the leaders of the group Schools Beyond Screens L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Bridie Marlow's statement, read on her behalf to the inquiry, said her daughter was denied the chance to accomplish her life's full potential.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025

Jennifer Bridie, a spokesperson for Southwest Airlines, which serves Oakland, also supported the move, saying that Oakland has “helped put us on the map in California.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Bridie West, 30, said it took a day and a half to bake and decorate Rosehill Cottage from the festive film starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023

Transcribed from the 1892 Cassell & Co. edition by David Price, email [email protected], proofed by Bridie, Rab Hughes and Roland Chapman.

From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 by Thomas Holcroft

On Friday, he opened with a bridie and had a temporary cushion with five birdies in a six-hole stretch midway through his round.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

She was but a maid seeking to know what love might be, and as she wandered on, she nibbled dreamily at a hot sweet-smelling bridie, whose gravy oozed deliciously through a bursting paper-bag.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

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