different between kiddy vs biddy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??i/
• (US) Homophone: kitty

Noun

kiddy (plural kiddies)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”)
2. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A man or boy.
3. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A low thief.

Derived terms

• kiddyish

Verb

kiddy (third-person singular simple present kiddies, present participle kiddying, simple past and past participle kiddied)

1. (archaic) To kid; to hoax or tease.
   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes

     But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]

References

• (man or boy; thief): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Etymology 1

Derived from Biddy, diminutive form of Bridget. It became a generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then for an old woman.

Noun

biddy (plural biddies)

1. (derogatory) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.
2. (uncommon) An attractive girl.
4. (archaic, colloquial) An Irish maidservant.
5. (by extension, derogatory) An Irishwoman.
6. A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

biddy (plural biddies)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of bitty.