Jim Elwell wrote: Presumably "biccy" is slang for "biscuit. It's not in my OED.
Is yours the SOED? >From the OED Online: bicky, bikky A diminutive or affectedly childish form of BISCUIT. 1930 R. BLAKER Medal without Bar iv. 303 Sammy..said there was some breakfast. 'Only ''bikkies'' again, I'm afraid,' he apologised. 1947 Mod. Lang. Rev. July 356 Eng[lish] stands almost alone with bicky for 'biscuit'. 1954 C. P. SNOW New Men viii. 56 The Minister pulled out a bag... It contained grey oatmeal cakes. 'Bikkies,' explained the Minister. 1955 B. MOORE Judith Hearne i. 11 Have a bikky, Bernie? 1963 M. ALLINGHAM China Governess xiv. 171 He's going to be asked to share Eustace's boiled milk and bickies. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
