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Widdy vs Biddy - What's the difference?

widdy | biddy |

As nouns the difference between widdy and biddy

is that widdy is a rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch while biddy is a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.

As a proper noun Biddy is

a diminutive of the female given name Bridget.

widdy

English

Etymology 1

Compare (withy).

Noun

(widdies)
  • (Scotland) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (widdies)
  • * 1877 —
    • I'm no saucy minx and giddy—
    Hussies such as them abound—
    But a clean and tidy widdy
    Well be-known for miles around.
    (Webster 1913)

    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)
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