Plural of biddie; hens or chickens collectively, or in dialect, a group of women.
Plural of 'biddie,' formed with the regular English '-s' or '-ies' plural ending. The dialectal plural would reflect the usage patterns in Scottish and Irish English communities.
In Irish-American communities of the early 1900s, 'biddies' specifically referred to Irish immigrant women working as servants—a word that started in the farmyard became a marker of Irish identity and class status in America.
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