Biddy

Definitions: Biddy

Biddy

Noun

1. Adult female chicken.

2. Young bird especially of domestic fowl.

"Biddy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a high goddess".

Date "biddy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Biddy

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Biddy (i.e. Bridget). A generic name for an Irish servant-maid, as Mike is for an Irish labourer. These generic names are very common: for example, Tom Tug, a waterman; Jack Pudding, a buffoon; Cousin Jonathan, an American of the United States; Cousin Michel, a German; John Bull, an Englishman; Moll and Betty, English female servants of the lower order; John Chinaman, a Chinese; Colin Tompon, a Swiss; Nic Frog, a Dutchman; Mossoo, a Frenchman: and many others. In Arbuthnot's John Bull Nic Frog is certainly a Dutchman; and Frogs are called "Dutch Nightingales." The French sometimes serve Liège frogs at table as a great delicacy, and this has caused the word to be transferred to the French; but, properly, Nic Frog is a Dutchman. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	BIDDY, or CHICK-A-BIDDY. A chicken, and figuratively a young wench. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Biddy

Synonyms: chick (n), hen (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Biddy

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Servant	Maid, maidservant; handmaid; confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette; amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah; nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid; femme de chambre, femme fille; camarista; chef de cuisine,cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella; potwalloper; maid of all work, servant of all work; laundress, bedmaker; journeyman, charwoman; (worker); bearer, chokra, gyp, hamal, scout.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Biddy

Specialty definitions using "biddy": BIDDY, BIDET ♦ CHICK-A-BIDDY. (references)

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Modern Usage: Biddy

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And biddy films I would. (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)
Movie/TV Titles	Iddy Biddy Beat Boy (1993) Biddy (1983)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Biddy

Domain	Title
Books	With Open Hands: A Story About Biddy Mason (Creative Minds Biography) (reference) Biddy Early (reference) Biddy White Lennon's Eating at Home Cookbook (reference) In Search of Biddy Early (reference) Ollie's Team Plays Biddy Baseball (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Black Eyed Biddy (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Biddy

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Biddy serves the potatoes "undressed".Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Biddy

"Biddy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.19% of the time. "Biddy" is used about 144 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	88.19%	127	28,395
Noun (singular)	11.81%	17	85,106
Total	100.00%	144	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Biddy

The following table summarizes the usage of "biddy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Biddy	Last name	400	20,385
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Biddy

"Biddy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a high goddess".

The following table summarizes names related to "Biddy."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Biddy	Female	English	Bridget
Bidelia	Female	English	Bridget
Bridget	Female	English	N/A
Bridgette	Female	English	Bridget
Brigit	Female	English	Bridget
Piritta	Female	Finnish	Bridget
Pirjo	Female	Finnish	Bridget
Pirkko	Female	Finnish	Bridget
Riitta	Female	Finnish	Bridget
Brigitte	Female	French	Bridget
Brigitte	Female	German	Bridget
Bedelia	Female	Irish	Bridget
Biddy	Female	Irish	Bridget
Bidelia	Female	Irish	Bridget
Bridget	Female	Irish	N/A
Brighid	Female	Irish	Bridget
Brigit	Female	Irish	Bridget
Bridget	Female	Irish Mythology	N/A
Brighid	Female	Irish Mythology	Bridget
Brigida	Female	Italian	Bridget
Birgit	Female	Scandinavian	Bridget
Birgitta	Female	Scandinavian	Bridget
Bridget	Female	Scottish	N/A
Brigit	Female	Scottish	Bridget
Brigida	Female	Spanish	Bridget
Ffraid	Female	Welsh	Bridget
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Biddy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
biddy	11
biddy mason	9
basketball biddy	6
biddy icon	5
biddy hodson	3
biddy mulligans	3
baby biddy	2
biddy lascivious	2
biddy ol tig	2
biddy linda	2
biddy bridget mason	2
biddy sullivan	2
biddy coach house	2
biddy tarot	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Biddy

Language		Translations for "biddy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		pancsolt vörös bor (red biddy). (various references)

Pig Latin		iddybay

Russian		of Bridget Бидди (Biddy 2), склочница (biddy 1). (various references)

Ukranian		Наймичка. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Biddy

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Gerres, Gerres spp.. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Biddy

Misspellings
	"Biddy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bady, beddy, biday, Bidayuh, bidd, bidde, biddie, Bidds, bidey, bidi, bidie, bidry, bidy, birdy, bliddy, boddy, bydd, ibdg, Iddy, liddy, Niddry, niddy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Biddy"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "biddy" (pronounced bi"dē)
3	-i" d ē	giddy, kiddie, kiddy.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Biddy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-d-i-y"
	-1 letter: didy.
	-2 letters: bid, dib, did, yid.
	-3 letters: bi, by, id.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-d-i-y"
	+3 letters: biddably, buddying, dihybrid, ladybird, yardbird.
	+4 letters: dihybrids, disembody, disobeyed, ladybirds, yardbirds.
	+5 letters: hybridized.
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