Definition of Kiddo

1. Noun. (colloquial slang) An affectionate moniker for a close friend or pal, especially used as a form of address. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kiddo

1. used as a form of familiar address [n -DOS or -DOES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiddo

kiddie fiddler
kiddie fiddlers
kiddie flick
kiddied
kiddier
kiddiers
kiddies
kiddin'
kidding
kidding aside
kiddingly
kiddish
kiddle
kiddles
kiddo (current term)
kiddoes
kiddos
kiddow
kiddows
kiddush
kiddushes
kiddy
kiddy fiddlers
kiddy widdies
kiddy widdy
kiddying
kiddyish

Literary usage of Kiddo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roy Blakeley, His Story: Being the True Narrative of His Adventures and by Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1920)
"Doc looked up at me and he said, "It isn't bad, kiddo, don't worry." And I knew he was right and it made me feel good. Anyway, I don't know why he called me ..."

2. The Woman who Waits by Frances R. Donovan (1920)
""Well, you got a lot to learn, kiddo," said she, and with that word "kiddo" she seemed to admit me into the fraternal order of restaurant workers. ..."

3. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1877)
"Through the influence of kiddo and Itagaki the subject of deliberative assemblies was reconsidered, and on tho 14th of April an imperial proclamation was ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1876)
"Through the influence of kiddo and Itagaki the subject of deliberative assemblies was reconsidered, and on the 14th of April an imperial proclamation was ..."

5. Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda by Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"The reference to the water hyacinth (kiddo) alludes to the water hyacinth plant which was introduced in Uganda's Lake Victoria years ago and has now become ..."

6. On the Canal Zone, Panama by Thomas Graham Grier (1908)
"He introduced me to OK Brady and Brady passed me along to a personage he called kiddo. kiddo made me known to another, who said he would take me to his ..."

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