Tom queued behind an old biddy with a full trolley.
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Biddy
//ˈbɪdi//
Synonyms for "biddy" (129 found)
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guinea hengyphaghandmaidhandmaidenheiferhen turkeyhindhired girlhousemaidjanejennykitchenmaidlady-helplady-in-waitinglionesslive-in maidlive-out maidmaidmaidservant
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11 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 8 languages.
Czech
1 entries- ježibaba noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
French
2 entries- petit noun (a name used in calling a hen or chicken)
- rombière noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
German
2 entries- alte Klatschtante noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
- alte Schachtel noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
Hungarian
3 entries- nyanya noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
- pipi noun (an attractive little girl)
- pipi noun (a name used in calling a hen or chicken)
Romanian
1 entries- babă noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
Russian
4 entries- мила́шка noun (an attractive little girl)
- ста́рая спле́тница noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
- цы́па noun (a name used in calling a hen or chicken)
- цы́почка noun (an attractive little girl)
Spanish
4 entries- chismosa noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
- cotilla noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
- cotillera noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
- dama chismosa noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
Swedish
1 entries- skvallerkärring noun (a woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody)
Sample sentences
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Mary is upset because Tom called her an old biddy.
Source: tatoeba (8090884)
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt.
Source: wiktionary
After working a 65 hour week, men would spend their whole paycheck in saloons, drink the whole weekend, and ignore the needs of their families. The overwhelming participation of women in the [temperance] movement was prompted by motives of self preservation […] It is no accident that male historians have chosen to present these women as crazed biddies in an attempt to deny the real reason for their concern.
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