Meaning of Judy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the female given name Judith, also used as a formal female given name.
2. A girl or woman.
   UK, slang
3. A surname transferred from the given name.
4. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Abisara.
5. A male given name from Hebrew.
   rare

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Examples

“"Punch," said Judy, "You're looking moody." "Judy," said Punch, "I want my lunch."”

“I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.”

“Then I ring the bell at this door marked Slocum, and who appears but a tall young Judy with black hair who is without doubt beautiful, but who is so skinny we have to look twice to see her […]”

“To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?”

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