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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From maid + -ie.
Noun
maidie (plural maidies)
- Diminutive of maid.
1893, J[ohn] P[atrick] Harrington, “Like a Lady”, in Wehman’s Collection of Songs, number 42, page 17, column 2:Like a lady, like a lady, like a highly educated little maidie; / When they praised her summer hats, by the way she answers “rats!” / You can tell she is ev’ry inch a lady, like a lady.
1903, Alfred Colbeck, “The Equine God: A Strange Story of Adventure and Peril. Chapter XXV.—How We Came Home Again.”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, page 515, column 2:There be a little maidie o’ mine down to Marazion, livin’ with her granny; […]
1905, Philip Green Wright, “Fascination”, in The Dial of the Heart, Boston, Mass.: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, page 27:See, my little maidie, / On the promenade / ’Long the shore, more and more / Couples gayly clad.
1921, Edward Clarence Figg, Sketches of the Figg Family from 1719 to 1921, Louisville, Ky.: Press of Moll & Company, , page 116:Good-by, little maidie, I never shall stand / In your sunshine, my darling, my rose of the land!
2010, Clare B. Dunkle, The House of Dead Maids, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 5:“Pleased to meet you, little maidie,” he said, shaking hands. “My name’s Arnby. You look a right canny lass. How old would you happen to be?” “I’m eleven, sir. […]”