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kiddo

[kid-oh]
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noun, plural kid·dos, kid·does.
  1. Informal. (used as a familiar form of address.)
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Origin of kiddo

First recorded in 1880–85; kid1 + -o
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Examples from the Web for kiddo

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  • "That shows there's one thing about scouting you don't know, Kiddo," I told him.

    Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels

    Percy Keese Fitzhugh

  • Oh, when father says 'give the kiddo a chance,' then they let me talk.

    Conversation

    Mary Greer Conklin

  • “Welcome to our city, Kiddo,” Jimmie said in his throat, but nobody heard him.

    Turn About Eleanor

    Ethel M. Kelley

  • Theres fun in doing anything if you set out to like it, kiddo.

    Full-Back Foster

    Ralph Henry Barbour

  • Ive played tackle, kiddo, and I know what a guys up against.

    Full-Back Foster

    Ralph Henry Barbour

Word Origin and History for kiddo

n.

1893, familiar form of kid (n.) in the "child" sense.

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