On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Biddy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as chicken or hen and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Biddy in a sentence
Biddy meaning
- A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.
- An attractive girl.
- An Irish maidservant.
Using Biddy
- The main meaning on this page is: A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody. | An attractive girl. | An Irish maidservant.
- Useful related words include: chicken, gallus gallus, hen, chick.
Context around Biddy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Biddy
- In this selection, "biddy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, features, silver, marks, mulligans and mason stand out and add context to how "biddy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a silver biddy wriggling and biddy mulligans is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "biddy" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with biddy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It has one small fish, a silver biddy, wriggling. (9 words)
Biddy Mulligans is described as a 'rustic Irish tavern with banquettes, booths and stripped wood floors, plus traditional live music'. (20 words)
I hate the term “psycho old biddy” which is the category movies like Whatever Happened To Baby Jane often fall under. (21 words)
On May 25, at the Commencement ceremony for the class of 2014, the moose mascot was mentioned by Biddy Martin in her address, and the Dining Hall served Moose Tracks ice cream in front of an ice sculpture of a moose. (41 words)
From Biddy’s “Maui Wowi” fries with grilled jerk chicken and pineapple, to Piedmont Brewery’s breakfast fries, to Felicia’s Cake Factory’s sugar cookie fries– there’s a whole lot of variety. (34 words)
Among the traditionalist townlands of Kilgobnet, Glencar and Killorglin, ‘the Biddy’ marks a more optimistic seasonal chapter, honoured with all-white outfits, gaily coloured ribbons and crazy hats Philip Treacy would covet. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
From Biddy’s “Maui Wowi” fries with grilled jerk chicken and pineapple, to Piedmont Brewery’s breakfast fries, to Felicia’s Cake Factory’s sugar cookie fries– there’s a whole lot of variety.
I hate the term “psycho old biddy” which is the category movies like Whatever Happened To Baby Jane often fall under.
Among the traditionalist townlands of Kilgobnet, Glencar and Killorglin, ‘the Biddy’ marks a more optimistic seasonal chapter, honoured with all-white outfits, gaily coloured ribbons and crazy hats Philip Treacy would covet.
Biddy Mulligans is described as a 'rustic Irish tavern with banquettes, booths and stripped wood floors, plus traditional live music'.
A panel of Bernard Zakheim’s “History of Medicine in California” features Biddy Mason, center, an enslaved woman born in 1818 who became a nurse.
But he’s OK with his undies smelling like pee when he doesn’t shake his biddy out enough, and he’s OK with his armpits being riper than brown bananas.
It has one small fish, a silver biddy, wriggling.
On May 25, at the Commencement ceremony for the class of 2014, the moose mascot was mentioned by Biddy Martin in her address, and the Dining Hall served Moose Tracks ice cream in front of an ice sculpture of a moose.
Sometimes the representative was a girl, but usually it was a doll-like figure known as a Brídeóg (also called a 'Breedhoge' or 'Biddy').
Up until the mid-20th century, children in Ireland still went house-to-house asking for pennies for "poor Biddy", or money for the poor.