different between widdy vs kiddy

English

Etymology 1

Compare withy.

Noun

widdy (plural widdies)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

widdy (plural widdies)

1. Pronunciation spelling of widow.
   • 1877 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Sorcerer

     I'm no saucy minx and giddy—
     Hussies such as them abound—
     But a clean and tidy widdy
     Well be-known for miles around.

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