as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
those poor old biddies were mostly Irishwomen who worked for old-line Yankee families
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Recent Examples of biddy
The key figure turns out to be Alex’s mysterious Aunt Gladys, played in full psycho-biddy drag by Amy Madigan.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Daniel and his folks are driving all over Los Angeles to find this M.I.A. biddy, which becomes near impossible once Thelma cannily ditches her life-alert bracelet.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Daniel and his folks are driving all over Los Angeles to find this M.I.A. biddy, which becomes near impossible once Thelma cannily ditches her life-alert bracelet.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biddy
Noun
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Their three children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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In one case, a hospital employee worked her way up from housekeeper to registrar to quality analyst.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lucia Balordi as Nastasia, Ellen’s ladies’ maid who has become a close friend and confidant.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Biddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biddy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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