biddy

[ UK /bˈɪdi/ ]
[ US /ˈbɪdi/ ]
NOUN
  1. young bird especially of domestic fowl
  2. adult female chicken
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How To Use biddy In A Sentence

  • After allowing my pocket to be filled with “notions” by the generous “Biddy,” I took leave of Miss Kenjins, who is good, clever, and agreeable enough to redeem the young-ladyhood of the island — nor was there enough of pleasant promise for the future to compensate for the regret I felt at leaving those who had received a stranger with such kindness and hospitality. The Englishwoman in America
  • Many should also find some amusement in the British houseguest who breastfeeds her 25-year-old son and likes to offer up her "biddy" to anyone who might require it. The Trades
  • My Biddy wasn't one of the kind that dilly-dallies or shilly-shallies: she pounces on the child like a hawk on a chicken, stops its mouth so it could n't as much as peep, and carries it into a wood near by and hides till dark. Stories of Many Lands
  • The old biddy had known what she was talking about, it was just that other people didn't have the ability to understand her any more.
  • People are quite shocked when they realise I'm a little old biddy with quite a lot of ill health, because I don't come over like that.
  • Dark political funkster Gil Scott-Heron is doing two shows at Biddy Mulligan's tonight, at Chicago Reader
  • In Biddya, close to the Israeli settlement of Ariel and the industrial zone of Brukin, the women's group, Women for Life (WfL), and the student organization called Flowers Against the Occupation both see that survival and thriving is also part of the agenda of non-violent resistance. Thursdays with my sisters
  • I have a very unphilosophical mind and often became impatient with the discussions George and Biddy had, though I did share their enthusiasm for poetry. […]
  • How long does child of normal circumstance biddy come menstruation?
  • Musha, musha, 'tis not the likes o 'that comes to Biddy Joyce ivery day, no, nor to no one else neither in these parts! The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
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