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