maidy

plural maidies · alternative maidie

1. diminutiveDiminutive of maid.

   You and maidy Anne must come in, if it be only for half an hour.

   1880, Thomas Hardy, The Trumpet-Major: A Tale, volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], page 57

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   Mama is the sunlight and starlight—the lady / That makes the gardens sweeter and brighter / For every little baby boy and every little maidy / That listens to the song she is humming / (Down in the gardens where the birdies keep shady), / “Nid-nod-Noddy’s coming!”

   1894 December, Edward A[ugustus] Jenks, “The Gardens of Noddy. (A Mother-Song.)”, in The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, volume XVII, number 6, Concord, N.H.: […] the Granite Monthly Company, page 366

   “[…] Poor little maidy, poor little beauty.” A tear rolled down his brown face as he stroked the small hands.

   1902, James Creelman, Eagle Blood, Boston, Mass.: Lothrop Publishing Company, page 116

   She died when she was 25 and left a baby eight months old. So I took her and she has been my little maidy ever since then.

   1918 May, J[ohn] Middleton Murry, editor, The Letters of Katherine Mansfield, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, published 1929, page 155

   “Just one moment, little maidy!” called Mr. Betts. “Are you quite sure that this will be all right with your daddy?”

   1933 October, Estelle Urbahns, “Nancy Lee Plays the Game”, in Jane Palmer, editor, Wee Wisdom, volume XXXIX, number 3, Kansas City, Mo.: Unity School of Christianity, page 11

   He was only the farmer’s boy, mark you, and you wouldn’t expect much from him, especially with the little maidy there, down from the house.

   1964 autumn, E. G. Lee, “Never a Word”, in H. L. Short, editor, The Hibbert Journal, volume 63, number 248, London: George Allen & Unwin; Boston, Mass.: The Beacon Press, page 23