beardy

1. (informal) A bearded person or animal:Examples: "His followers were known in Australia as ‘beardies.’"; "Seven such social groups were present at the two festivals: Beardies; Jammers; Irish Fiddlers; Poets; Dancers; Campers an Vanners.[…]The Beardies are men, mainly heavily bearded; described by David as ‘the traditionalists and fundamentalists of the folk scene’ who are often heads of folk club[s], the older generation and the highly respected (Figure 15.1)."informal

2. (informal) A bearded person or animal:Examples: "The fascinating "beardie" is not a tit at all, but belongs to an Asian family, the parrotbills."informal

3. (informal) A bearded person or animal:Examples: "But she always kept her distance whenever one of my beardies was out of its cage, as if Moose merely acted like a good-natured lap lizard to throw her off[…]."; "It is impossible to determine the sex of beardies as babies or juveniles, so if you are thinking of breeding them, you may have to buy four or five and raise them in individual enclosures."; "The bearded dragon will reach its adult length by one year. Baby beardies quickly grow into long, strong lizards!"informal

4. (informal) A bearded person or animal:Examples: "Beardies grow fast. They grow like a weed and can be as unsightly as one."; "Beardies take two to three years to mature, so be prepared for typical puppy activity during this time."informal

5. (informal) A bearded person or animal:Examples: "Loaches (or beardies) often also thinned our preserves, and in this they were occasionally helped by small eels. Whenever beardies got within an enclosure containing only creepers and caddis worms, in a very short space of time the beardies alone were left, so rapacious are these small fishes."informal