bubby
noun/ˈbʊbi/
Etymology
Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”).
Definitions
A woman's breast.
- Chlo: What do you mean (uncivil as you are) / To touch my breaſts and leave my boſome bare? / Daph: Theſe pretty bubbies firſt I make my own.
Familiar term of address for a boy
Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba.
- Mother sent me to hunt you; she is dying, and sissy and bubby are hungry and the baby is crying, and we're afraid the cross man will come.
Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bubby. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA