bubby

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman's breast. dated,slang
    — 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.
  2. Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba. childish
    — 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.
  3. Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”). alt-of,alternative

词形变化

bubbies plural bubbies plural bubbies plural

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
Perhaps from brother, as pronounced by young children who are not yet able to properly pronounce its complex consonants, but alternatively perhaps from Pennsylvania German; see bub. Compare sissy.
词源 3
Variant spelling. (From Yiddish.)
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