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bliddy | biddy |

As an adjective bliddy

is (uk|dialect) bloody; accursed.

As a proper noun biddy is

a diminutive of the female given name bridget.

bliddy

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (UK, dialect) bloody; accursed
  • * 1935 , Henry Williamson, Devon holiday
  • Then there was thousands of the bliddy critturs left in the rabbuts' buries.

    biddy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Derived from (m), diminutive form of (m). It came to be generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then an old woman.

    Noun

    (biddies)
  • (pejorative) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.
  • (uncommon) An attractive little girl.
  • (senseid)(archaic, colloquial) An Irish maidservant.
  • (by extension, derogatory) Any Irishwoman
  • A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".
  • (Shakespeare)
  • * 1915 Burgess, Thornton W. , The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel , Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Ch. XI:
  • "Well, we'll see about it by and by," said Farmer Brown's boy. "There's the breakfast bell, and I haven't fed the biddies yet."

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (biddies)
  • (label)