Biddy
['bɪdɪ] or ['bɪdi]
Definition
(n.) A name used in calling a hen or chicken.
(n.) An Irish serving woman or girl.
Checker: Velma
Examples
- Biddy, said I, I think you might have written to me about these sad matters. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I think you would always improve, Biddy, under any circumstances. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I should have been good enough for you; shouldn't I, Biddy? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- So, I walked a little further with Biddy, looking silently at her downcast eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Biddy said no more. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In short, whatever I knew, Biddy knew. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Biddy cried; the darkening garden, and the lane, and the stars that were coming out, were blurred in my own sight. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Biddy, pursued Joe, when I got home and asked her fur to write the message to you, a little hung back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Not to mention your calling me Mr. Pip,--which appears to me to be in bad taste, Biddy,--what do you mean? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- On a moderate computation, it was many months, that Sunday, since I had left Joe and Biddy. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- If you have the heart to be so, you mean, Biddy, said I, in a virtuous and superior tone; don't put it off upon me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I don't know, returned Biddy, smiling. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But that poor dream, as I once used to call it, has all gone by, Biddy,--all gone by! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I suppose I must catch it like a cough, said Biddy, quietly; and went on with her sewing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Biddy was much against his going with us, and said to me in a whisper, Don't let him come; I don't like him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Edited by Leah