biddyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈbɪdi/

Etymology: Familiar abbreviation of Bridget.

1. Used chiefly in U.S. for an Irish maid-servant.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid > Irish

biddya1861

1708 J. Swift (title of poem) To Mrs. Biddy Floyd.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 363 Poor Bridget, or Biddy, our red-armed maid of all work!]

a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 261 Our thousand [sc. soldiers] did the Capitol little harm that a corporal's guard of Biddies with mops and tubs could not repair in a forenoon's campaign.

1868 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1865–6 6 294 Two dollars a week would not tempt even the greenest Biddy to leave her Church.

1902 B. Harte in Harper's Mag. Apr. 733 He's..puttin' up a high-toned house on the hill..with a Chinese cook, and a Biddy.

a1953 E. O'Neill More Stately Mansions (1965) ii. iii. 120 A mother of children, our Irish biddy nurse girl and house servant.

2. A woman, usually with derogatory implication (see quots.). slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun]

wifeeOE

womaneOE

womanOE

queanOE

brideOE

viragoc1000

to wifeOE

burdc1225

ladyc1225

carlinec1375

stotc1386

marec1387

pigsneyc1390

fellowa1393

piecec1400

femalea1425

goddessa1450

fairc1450

womankindc1450

fellowessa1500

femininea1513

tega1529

sister?1532

minikinc1540

wyec1540

placket1547

pig's eye1553

hen?1555

ware1558

pussy?a1560

jade1560

feme1566

gentlewoman1567

mort1567

pinnacea1568

jug1569

rowen1575

tarleather1575

mumps1576

skirt1578

piga1586

rib?1590

puppy1592

smock1592

maness1594

sloy1596

Madonna1602

moll1604

periwinkle1604

Partlet1607

rib of man1609

womanship?1609

modicum1611

Gypsy1612

petticoata1616

runniona1616

birda1627

lucky1629

she-man1640

her1646

lost rib1647

uptails1671

cow1696

tittup1696

cummer17..

wife1702

she-woman1703

person1704

molly1706

fusby1707

goody1708

riding hood1718

birdie1720

faggot1722

piece of goods1727

woman body1771

she-male1776

biddy1785

bitch1785

covess1789

gin1790

pintail1792

buer1807

femme1814

bibi1816

Judy1819

a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823

wifie1823

craft1829

shickster?1834

heifer1835

mot1837

tit1837

Sitt1838

strap1842

hay-bag1851

bint1855

popsy1855

tart1864

woman's woman1868

to deliver the goods1870

chapess1871

Dona1874

girl1878

ladykind1878

mivvy1881

dudess1883

dudette1883

dudine1883

tid1888

totty1890

tootsy1895

floozy1899

dame1902

jane1906

Tom1906

frail1908

bit of stuff1909

quim1909

babe1911

broad1914

muff1914

manhole1916

number1919

rossie1922

bit1923

man's woman1928

scupper1935

split1935

rye mort1936

totsy1938

leg1939

skinny1941

Richard1950

potato1957

scow1960

wimmin1975

womyn1975

womxn1991

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Biddy, or Chick-a-biddy, a chicken, and figuratively a young wench.

1947 Horizon 16 205 Few of our chaps have a biddy [sc. Italian girl] up the alley here.

1958 Observer 10 Aug. 11/3 He is already installed as the local delinquent, using his considerable charm on the local biddys.

1960 C. P. Snow Affair xl. 368 I believe she's the bloodiest awful specimen of a party biddy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

biddyn.²

Brit.

/ˈbɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈbɪdi/

Etymology: Of uncertain origin: it has been variously conjectured to be an instinctive sound used in calling chickens, a form of Gaelic bîdeach ‘very small,’ and the same word as biddy n.¹ Compare chickabiddy n.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

A chicken, a fowl. Also dialect, a louse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl)

chickenOE

chicka1398

fowla1586

biddya1616

chuck1615

pull-fowla1688

chucky1724

dunghill1753

dunghill fowl1796

jungle-fowl1824

chook1888

gump1914

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 114 To. Why how now my bawcock? how dost y^u chuck. Mal. Sir. To. I biddy, come with me.

1875 Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Biddy, a louse.

1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Biddy or Chickabiddy, a chick.

1884 Harper's Mag. May 930/2 When a biddy wished to sit, she was removed at night upon the nest.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

biddyn.³

Brit.

/ˈbɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈbɪdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: red biddy n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i).

Etymology: Shortened < red biddy n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i).

= red biddy n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > methylated spirit drink

pink-eye1900

jake1926

red biddy1926

metho1933

White Lady1935

biddy1940

1940 D. Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 228 He used to drink a pint of biddy before his breakfast.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹1785

n.²a1616

n.³1940

单词	biddy
释义	biddyn.¹ Brit. /ˈbɪdi/, U.S. /ˈbɪdi/ Etymology: Familiar abbreviation of Bridget. 1. Used chiefly in U.S. for an Irish maid-servant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid > Irish biddya1861 1708 J. Swift (title of poem) To Mrs. Biddy Floyd. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 363 Poor Bridget, or Biddy, our red-armed maid of all work!] a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 261 Our thousand [sc. soldiers] did the Capitol little harm that a corporal's guard of Biddies with mops and tubs could not repair in a forenoon's campaign. 1868 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1865–6 6 294 Two dollars a week would not tempt even the greenest Biddy to leave her Church. 1902 B. Harte in Harper's Mag. Apr. 733 He's..puttin' up a high-toned house on the hill..with a Chinese cook, and a Biddy. a1953 E. O'Neill More Stately Mansions (1965) ii. iii. 120 A mother of children, our Irish biddy nurse girl and house servant. 2. A woman, usually with derogatory implication (see quots.). slang. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Biddy, or Chick-a-biddy, a chicken, and figuratively a young wench. 1947 Horizon 16 205 Few of our chaps have a biddy [sc. Italian girl] up the alley here. 1958 Observer 10 Aug. 11/3 He is already installed as the local delinquent, using his considerable charm on the local biddys. 1960 C. P. Snow Affair xl. 368 I believe she's the bloodiest awful specimen of a party biddy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). biddyn.² Brit. /ˈbɪdi/, U.S. /ˈbɪdi/ Etymology: Of uncertain origin: it has been variously conjectured to be an instinctive sound used in calling chickens, a form of Gaelic bîdeach ‘very small,’ and the same word as biddy n.¹ Compare chickabiddy n. Obsolete exc. dialect. A chicken, a fowl. Also dialect, a louse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) chickenOE chicka1398 fowla1586 biddya1616 chuck1615 pull-fowla1688 chucky1724 dunghill1753 dunghill fowl1796 jungle-fowl1824 chook1888 gump1914 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 114 To. Why how now my bawcock? how dost y^u chuck. Mal. Sir. To. I biddy, come with me. View more context for this quotation 1875 Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Biddy, a louse. 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Biddy or Chickabiddy, a chick. 1884 Harper's Mag. May 930/2 When a biddy wished to sit, she was removed at night upon the nest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). biddyn.³ Brit. /ˈbɪdi/, U.S. /ˈbɪdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: red biddy n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i). Etymology: Shortened < red biddy n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i). = red biddy n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > methylated spirit drink pink-eye1900 jake1926 red biddy1926 metho1933 White Lady1935 biddy1940 1940 D. Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 228 He used to drink a pint of biddy before his breakfast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1785n.²a1616n.³1940
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