plural biddies
1
: a hired girl or cleaning woman
2
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Noun (2)
those poor old biddies were mostly Irishwomen who worked for old-line Yankee families
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
Either the biddy or the hound would be trampled ’neath Beetle Bailey’s hooves.
—Gary Gulman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023
She was last seen by both Mahito and the gaggle of biddies that work at the country estate walking into the woods, toward the tower….
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
No longer an axe-wielding biddy but a flower just beginning to bloom, Pearl is eager to leave behind her strict German mother, infirm father and small-town farm life for the dream-factory promises of Hollywood USA.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
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Noun
Meanwhile, Daniel and his folks are driving all over Los Angeles to find this M.I.A. biddy, which becomes near impossible once Thelma cannily ditches her life-alert bracelet.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
Either the biddy or the hound would be trampled ’neath Beetle Bailey’s hooves.
—Gary Gulman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023
She was last seen by both Mahito and the gaggle of biddies that work at the country estate walking into the woods, toward the tower….
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
No longer an axe-wielding biddy but a flower just beginning to bloom, Pearl is eager to leave behind her strict German mother, infirm father and small-town farm life for the dream-factory promises of Hollywood USA.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
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“Biddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biddy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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