Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a young woman.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1789		J. O’Keeffe Highland Reel 65: I’m a chickabiddy, see take me now now now.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.

2. a chicken.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1848		Bartlett Dict. Americanisms.

3. (US) a sprightly, lively man.

1834

Ely’s Hawk & Buzzard (NY) Sept. 6 n.p.: I am a chick-a-biddy, see, and an uptown skipper .

4. a young man, in ironic address; also attrib.

1849		Sam Sly 24 Feb. 2/1: The chick-a-biddy butcher, of Leadenhall-market, residing on Bow-common, to leave off his nasty tricks.
1887		F. Francis Jr Saddle and Mocassin 312: Well, you may talk about your chickabiddies, and your chickaweewees, and your Smart Alicks, and your Joe-dandies and daisies, but when it comes to making a duck stew, I’m a darling!
1890		Sporting Times 8 Feb. 3/1: It suddenly strikes me that last week’s letter deserted you chickabiddies at Calais, and you don’t know how I got landed at Marseilles.
1905		N.Y. Tribune 31 Dec. 4/7: ‘Did you see me eat them?’ [...] ‘No, chickabiddy’.