Biddy, as a demeaning term for an old woman, is recorded in the 1700s. It comes from a nickname of the popular Irish given name Bridget, originally used to address female servants. Biddy became a name for a kind of fussy, older woman that had the irritating habit of sticking her nose in matters where it didn't belong.
: a hired girl or cleaning woman. usually disparaging : woman.
Biddy: Another term for chicks or baby chickens. Broiler: A young chicken, bred for its meat. Usually broilers are intended to be processed between nine and 12 weeks of age and weigh between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds. Also sometimes known as fryers. Brooder or brooder box: A heated enclosure for raising chicks.
/ˈbɪdi/ (plural biddies) (informal, offensive) a way to refer to an old woman that shows you do not respect her. Word Origin.
noun. /bɪd/ /bɪd/ an offer by a person or a company to pay a particular amount of money for something.
Biddy, as a demeaning term for an old woman, is recorded in the 1700s. It comes from a nickname of the popular Irish given name Bridget, originally used to address female servants. Biddy became a name for a kind of fussy, older woman that had the irritating habit of sticking her nose in matters where it didn't belong.
Cloaca: The cloaca is the only hole for the reproductive and digestive system of a chicken. The cloaca, also known as the vent, is where chickens poop from, where the eggs come out, and where they mate with a rooster. Yikes! This may bother some people when thinking about eating their eggs.
If you're wondering, it's the butt of every joke. A parson's nose is the triangular stub where tailfeathers grow on poultry. Also called the pygostyle, the fleshy tail is either cut off after trussing the bird, or left on and eaten as a delicacy.
(a) a young woman, esp. a prostitute (but note cite 1882); thus chicken-chaser, chicken-hustler, a womanizer; also attrib.
Informal. a woman; esp., an elderly woman (usually old biddy) regarded contemptuously as annoying, gossipy, etc.
synonyms for biddy
On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to biddy, such as: battle-ax, beldam, crone, fishwife, fusspot, and hag.
phraseBritishinformal. or play gooseberry. DEFINITIONS1. to be with two people who love each other and would prefer to be alone together.
class·less ˈklas-ləs. Synonyms of classless. : belonging to no particular social class.
Australian informal. a woman, esp a more mature one.
If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
Roosters are funny-looking creatures. They have a red bit that sticks out from the top of their heads—the comb—and another that dangles beneath their chin—the wattle.
chook. A domestic fowl; a chicken. Chook comes from British dialect chuck(y) 'a chicken; a fowl' which is a variant of chick. Chook is the common term for the live bird, although chook raffles, held in Australian clubs and pubs, have ready-to-cook chooks as prizes.
But colloquially, spatchcocking a chicken is the process of removing the backbone of a whole chicken so that the bird lays flat, regardless of whether or not you plan to grill it.
A comb is the fleshy, red outgrowth on top of a chicken's head. Types of combs, shown below, include single, rose, pea, cushion, strawberry, buttercup, and V-shaped. The comb primarily is for display, but it also serves to cool the bird in hot weather. In hens, the comb is an indicator of egg production status.
Rooster Testicles
They've got two bean-shaped testes located against their backbone in front of the kidneys. Rooster testicles vary in size based on their age and time of year.
Historically, a group of chicks can be referred to as a "chattering of chicks" or a "peep of chicks." Today, it's a little more common to use the term "peep" for each chick, rather than the group!
: an often mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow. old codger.
chiefly British. or Old Girl : a woman who went to a respected or well-known private school for girls. an Old Girls' reunion. informal : an old woman.
Some people say codger is a contraction of "coffin-dodger," but this doesn't seem to be the case. codger." The word probably comes from "cadger," meaning a beggar, often a grizzled old man, who wants to hit you up for some money or a meal or whatever. Or he might just steal it instead of begging.
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