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biddy-bid

biddy-bid is the alternative form of biddi-biddi.

Meaning of biddi-biddi

Noun

biddi-biddi

  1. (New Zealand) The burr of the piri-piri plant.
    • Two days ago in the Duke, and still the hooks in that conversation stick in her throat like a half-swallowed bidibid.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 136

Questions about biddy-bid

What is biddy-bid the alternative form of?
Biddy-bid is the alternative form of biddi-biddi.

Words near biddy-bid in the dictionary

  1. Biddlecombes
  2. Biddles
  3. Biddon
  4. Biddulph
  5. biddy
  6. biddy-bid
  7. biddy-biddy
  8. bide
  9. bide one's time
  10. bide tryst
  11. bideauxite

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