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▪ I. diddy slang or dial.|ˈdɪdɪ|
Also deddy, diddey.
[Alteration of titty3.]
A woman's breast or nipple, or her milk; the teat of an animal.
1788Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue (ed. 2), Diddeys, a woman's breasts or bubbies. 1841C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 393 The cow's got a sore diddy. Ibid., Gie th' lickle un a drop o' the diddy. 1876T. E. Brown Doctor 48 Take a baby from the deddy Just when the mother's gettin' it reddy! 1922Joyce Ulysses 610 Cuts off their diddies when they can't bear no more children. 1961S. Beckett Happy Days i. 32 What's she doing? he says—What's the idea? he says—stuck up to her diddies in the bleeding ground.
▪ II. diddy, a.1 and n.2 Brit. colloq.
Brit. |ˈdɪdi|, U.S. |ˈdɪdi|
[Origin uncertain; perhaps ‹diddy n.1]
A. adj. Of a person: foolish, simple. rare.
1921A. Percivale Somerset Neighbours v. 70 'Tis so simple-like, but, there, 'e were always a bit diddy from a lad. 1993I. Welsh Trainspotting 86 Auld Baxter, god rest the diddy cunt's soul, never really bothered aboot the rent cheque.
B. n. Chiefly Sc. A fool, an idiot.
1933M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 85 You're only a kid—a bloomin' innocent, a diddy! 1985W. McIlvanney Big Man i. 26 Danny's a diddy. 1992J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxiii. 207 Pike's immediate reaction was disturbingly mild. Apart from muttering, ‘What a diddy!’ he'd done nothing, as yet. 2001Daily Rec. (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 28 Apr. Well, the bit I like is when some company, government department or jobsworth treats me like a total diddy.
▪ III. diddy, a.2 Brit. (orig. Liverpool) colloq.
Brit. |ˈdɪdi|, U.S. |ˈdɪdi|
[Origin uncertain: perhaps a variant of tiddy adj. Popularized in the 1960s and 1970s by Ken Dodd (b. 1929), English comedian, through his references to the ‘Diddy-men’.]
Small, tiny.
1963K. Dodd Let. in Daily Mail 11 June 8/1, I would like to suggest that the words diddy and butty are included. Everybody knows about diddy people and lots of us like jam buttys for Sunday tea. 1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 12 Creevey's step-daughters..called their father ‘dear, dear Beau-père’ or Diddy (the Scouse word for ‘small’). 1984Guardian (Nexis) 4 Sept. Some have built-in micro-cassettes and diddy printers. 1992J. Cartwright Rise & Fall of Little Voice ii. 46 Don't forget that's my diddy and delicate daughter you're twiddling wi'. 2001Evening Times (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 24 Jan. If you played for a wee diddy team and you were playing a big real team wouldn't you be fired up for it? |