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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



... loathe the two women. I denounce the creed which invents such tortures. I lie down to die in the dungeon while the music moans and the deacons and their families in the audience groan. Don't you think, Dicky dear, I can do the dying ...
— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith
... beautiful that they had not wanted to do anything all the afternoon but gaze at it. Dicky, Ethel Brown's little brother, who was the "honorary member" of the U.S.C., had come in wanting to be amused, and they had opened the window for an inch and brought in a few of the huge flakes which grew into ferns and starry crystals ...
— Ethel Morton's Enterprise • Mabell S.C. Smith
... out," said Dicky. "He can't be asleep after that racket. Say!" he called, "Harry! What's the matter with you? If you're dead let ...
— Blindfolded • Earle Ashley Walcott
... were very puffy; there were a couple of blue blisters on his fingers, and across each wrist an angry-looking white wheal. The boys were sufficiently impressed, and, in spite of his wrath against Joel Ham, Dicky could not resist a certain gratification on that account. Boys take much pride in the sufferings they have borne, and their scars are always exhibited with a grave conceit. Ted displayed his hands, still betraying evidence of the ...
— The Gold-Stealers - A Story of Waddy • Edward Dyson
... 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 of chap!" ...
— The Human Chord • Algernon Blackwood


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