Have, for hundreds of years; always will, as long as a bunch of fat, old, ugly biddies, male and female, who nobody wants that way are viciously resentful that they can't have what somebody else is enjoying.
"Eight Keys to Eden"
Mark Irvin Clifton
The wire fencing had been repaired and she gave the biddies more attention; therefore she was being repaid in eggs and chickens for frying.
"Janice Day"
Helen Beecher Long
But the biddies had been securely locked up, and try as they would, they couldn't find a way in.
"Old Granny Fox"
Thornton W. Burgess