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chickabiddy|ˈtʃɪkəbɪdɪ|
[f. chick + biddy2.]
A nursery formation on chick or chicken; hence a term of endearment to young children.
1785Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Chickabiddy, a chicken so called to, and by little children. 1829Marryat F. Mildmay xxiv, You will be aboard of my chickabiddies. 1848Dickens Dombey (1865) II. 183 Do you, sweet Rob? Do you truly, chickabiddy? 1862Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Hallib. iii. xx. (1888) 427 I'll leave it to the eldest chickabiddy. 1878G. Canterbury's Will 223. |