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Dicky   /dˈɪki/   Listen
noun
Dicky, Dickey  n.  
1.
A false detachable shirt front or bosom. (Also spelled dickie)
2.
A gentleman's shirt collar. (Local, U. S.)
3.
A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat. (Slang)
4.
(a)
A seat for the driver (In a carriage); called also dickey box or dickie seat.
(b)
A seat at the back for servants.
5.
One of various animals; specif.:
(a)
A donkey.
(b)
Any small bird; called also dickeybird or dickey bird. (Colloq.)
(c)
The hedge sparrow. (Dial. Eng.)
(d)
The haddock.


dicky  n.  See dickey.


adjective
dicky  adj.  Faulty. (British informal)
Synonyms: dickey. "I've got this dicky heart"





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"Dicky" Quotes from Famous Books



... and good and kind of you, Dicky dear," she called back to him mockingly, "but I think I'll practise a little self-denial this time, and ...
— Winding Paths • Gertrude Page
... 'because this fellow has expressed a willingness to come to your terms. I would advise you to be cautious how you trust the animal in his hands; I think I have seen him before, and could tell you—' 'What can you tell of me?' said the other, going up to him, 'except that I have been a poor dicky-boy, {226a} and that now I am a dealer in horses, and that my father was lagged? {226b} that is all you could tell of me, and that I don't mind telling myself; but there are two things they can't say of me, they can't say that I am either a coward, or a screw ...
— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow
... he wouldn't hurt you, Teresa," he said. "Any one with that name would be light as a fly and awf'ly gentle—a regular dicky sort ...
— The Human Chord • Algernon Blackwood
... about the business? Why, he's a college man from the East. I've heard o' him. Ain't got no more sense for this life than a dicky-bird. White-faced college pup! What's he doing out here? If you're a friend o' his, you'd better look ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... "They're little dicky shirt-fronts belonging to Tom Titmouse—most terrible particular!" said Mrs. Tiggy- winkle. "Now I've finished my ironing; I'm going to air ...
— The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter • Beatrix Potter


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