Green’s Dictionary of Slang

didies n.

[? diddy adj., i.e. a play on ‘smalls’]

underpants, occas. a nappy/diaper; occas. sing. as didy.

[US]J. Conroy Disinherited 269: Has to wear a didy like a baby.
[US]J. Conroy World to Win 18: Terry Hurley has made his own way in this hard world sence he was past yellerin’ his didies.
[US](con. 1945) G. Forbes Goodbye to Some (1963) 150: He says scathingly [...] ‘Let’s go home [...] and get our didies changed’.
[US]L. McMurtry Horseman, Pass By (1997) 14: Go on [...] befo’ you wets you didy.
[US]S. King It (1987) 120: If he screwed up – if the baby shat her didies after the sitter went home and the mess was still in them when Mom got home ...
[US]T. Pluck Boy from County Hell 242: ‘I don’t expect you to remember, you were in your didies’.