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biggity
adverb
in a haughty, arrogant or conceited way US, 1880- We had a yen, every time we got away from home and school, to strut and act biggity and shoot the works, live our whole lives out before the sun went down. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 5, 1946
- Our captive’s getting biggety since we saved him from the cops. — Chester Himes, The Real Cool Killers, p. 93, 1959
- Mama never acted biggety in court, but she would bow her head only so low. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 95, 1965
- These rotten hearted workers act biggity like it’s their money the poor people get. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Mama Black Widow, p. 103, 1969
- They were unwashed and uncombed and acted brazen-faced and biggity. — Joe Eszterhas, Charlie Simpson’s Apocalypse, p. 28, 1973
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 17, 1982
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