A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address
This is now thought of as an especially Australian term for a girl, used in third person reference or as a transferred name in direct address. In the nineteenth century it was commonly used in Britain, especially by sailors, to refer to a girl of loose morals. Judith was not a common first name in Britain in the nineteenth century, so usage was probably inspired by Punch’s partner, in the puppet show.
Later Australian usage was directly inspired by the number of girls called Judy, later Jody. InG. B. Shaw’s Pygmalion a taxi-driver addresses Eliza Doolittle as ‘Judy’.
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