Biddy

Etymology

 * Derived from "Biddy", diminutive form of Bridget.
 * Came to be generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then an old woman.
 * See citations page for more explanation.

Noun

 * 1)  a woman, especially an old woman;  especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.
 * 2) (limited use) an attractive little girl
 * 3)  (Colloq) -    An Irish serving woman or girl.
 * 4) A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddybiddybiddy".

Thesaurus
abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah, bag, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, bat, beldam, betweenmaid, bird, bitch, bossy, broad, broiler, brood mare, brooder, broody hen, capon, chambermaid, chanticleer, chaperon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, companion, cook, cow, crone, dame, doe, doll, domestic fowl, drab, drake, duck, duckling, duenna, dunghill fowl, ewe, ewe lamb, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, filly, fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gentlewoman, girl, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, gyp, handmaid, handmaiden, heifer, hen, hen turkey, hind, hired girl, housemaid, jenny, kitchenmaid, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, lioness, live-in maid, live-out maid, maid, maidservant, mare, minx, nanny, nanny goat, nursemaid, parlormaid, partlet, peahen, poulard, poult, poultry, pullet, roaster, roe, rooster, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, setting hen, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, skirt, slut, soubrette, sow, spring chicken, stewing chicken, tigress, tom, tom turkey, tomato, trot, turkey, turkey gobbler, upstairs maid, vixen, waiting maid, wench, witch