Birdie
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See also: birdie
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From birdie (“little bird”). Also used as a diminutive of Bertha.
Proper noun[edit]
Birdie
- A female given name from English.
- 2011 October 27, Lori Lansens, Rush Home Road, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- “Don't call me Beatrice, Leam. I don't like Beatrice and I told you so before.” He acted contrite. “I'm sorry, Birdie.”
- 2020 June 2, Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs: A Novel, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 238:
- Meet Birdie Dunlop - Evers . Or Bridget Elspeth Veronica Dunlop - Evers , to give her her full name . Born in Gloucestershire in April 1964.
- An effective or child's term for any (small) bird. (1999: Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 130)