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• Biddy — f Irish and English: pet form of BRIDE (SEE Bride) or BRIDGET (SEE Bridget). It was formerly quite common, but is now seldom used outside Ireland, partly perhaps because the informal expression ‘an old biddy’ in English has come to denote a… …   First names dictionary

• biddy — [bid′ē] n. pl. biddies [< ?] 1. a chicken or chick; esp., a hen 2. Informal a woman; esp., an elderly woman (usually old biddy) regarded contemptuously as annoying, gossipy, etc …   English World dictionary

• biddy —    One might in modern English hear a reference to a ‘biddy’, especially an ‘old biddy’, meaning a woman, but as a vocative the word is almost never used. What is sometimes heard, especially in Ireland, is ‘Biddy’ being used as a pet name for a… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• biddy — [[t]bɪ̱di[/t]] biddies N COUNT (disapproval) If someone describes an old woman as an old biddy, they are saying in an unkind way that they think she is silly or unpleasant. [INFORMAL] We re not just a lot of old biddies going on about jam …   English dictionary

• biddy — bid|dy [ˈbıdi] n plural biddies old biddy informal an old woman, especially one who is unpleasant or annoying …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• biddy — n. (pl. ies) sl. derog. a woman (esp. old biddy). Etymology: pet form of the name Bridget …   Useful english dictionary

• Biddy Early — (* 1798 as Bridget Ellen Connors in Faha Montain; † 1874) was an Irish traditional healer who helped peasants. She acted against the wishes of Catholic priests and landlords and was accused of witchcraft. ChildhoodBiddy Early was born in 1798 to… …   Wikipedia

• biddy — old woman, 1785; meaning Irish maid servant (1861) is Amer.Eng.; both from Biddy, pet form of common Irish proper name BRIDGET (Cf. Bridget) …   Etymology dictionary

• biddy — ► NOUN (pl. biddies) informal ▪ a woman, especially an old one. ORIGIN originally denoting a chicken: of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

• biddy — biddy1 /bid ee/, n., pl. biddies. Chiefly New England, South Midland, and Southern U.S. 1. a chicken. 2. a newly hatched chick. [1595 1605; cf. Brit. dial. biddy ( < ?) with same sense, usually as a call to chickens] biddy2 /bid ee/, n., pl.… …   Universalium

• biddy — A girl who works at a fast food restauraunt. (Originally girls who worked at Burger King.) Also see biddy for old woman. Hey, John, you shoulda seen the biddy workin cash last night at McDs …   Dictionary of american slang