biddy
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In a society that tries to relegate older women to biddy status the moment they turn 50, they persisted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
But he’s OK with his undies smelling like pee when he doesn’t shake his biddy out enough, and he’s OK with his armpits being riper than brown bananas.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020
“Good riddance, I say,” one old biddy curses the missing barmaid.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2018
Scott started volunteering 20 years ago after a friend and longtime bone biddy recruited her.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
“That mountain lion had as much right to his life as that sour old biddy does to hers,” he said.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
An idyllic English country house during a nondescript period of the early 20th century, a body in the library, a stuffy colonel and steely butler and bridge playing old biddies and et cetera et cetera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Choreographer Warren Carlyle appears to have convinced Zaks that “The Music Man” is a dance show; the townsfolk, from kiddies to biddies, spin and kick at the drop of a straw hat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
Though the friendship is still rocky, Jones remains hopeful: "I think when we're old biddies we're going to laugh about it."
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2021
Mitchell, the store owner, laughed with other needleworkers who jokingly referred to themselves as “old biddies knitting …” well, you can fill in the rest.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2017
Papa blushed and said, “Well, uh, let’s see, son. It’s kind of like the way hens lay eggs and then biddies hatch out of the eggs.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
