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dicky1, dickey [ˈdɪkɪ] n pl dickies, dickeys 1. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress 2. (Clothing & Fashion) a man's false shirt front, esp one worn with full evening dress 3. (Clothing & Fashion) Also called dicky bow Brit a bow tie 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Chiefly Brit an informal name for donkey esp a male one 5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called 'dicky"bird 'dickey"bird a child's word for a bird esp a small one 6. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars US and Canadian name rumble seat [C18 (in the senses: donkey, shirt front): from Dickey, diminutive of Dick (name); the relationship of the various senses is obscure] dicky2, dickey [ˈdɪkɪ] adj dickier, dickiest
Brit informal in bad condition; shaky, unsteady, or unreliable I feel a bit dicky today [perhaps from the name Dick in the phrase as queer as Dick's hatband feeling ill] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
dicky Translations dicky [ˈdɪkɪ] ADJ (dickier (compar) (dickiest (superl))) 1. = dickey 2. to have a dicky heart (Brit) → tener el corazón fastidiado dicky adj (inf) heart → angeknackst (inf); I feel a bit dicky (dated) → ich bin ziemlich ab (inf) → or erschossen (inf) n = dickey How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Dicky Vanderpole, and it isn't necessary for me to tell you all mine, even if we are both foreigners in a strange country. They're little dicky shirt- fronts belonging to Tom Titmouse --most terrible particular I'm not so keen on golf as some of the fellows, and my arm's still a little dicky, but I'm fed up with London, and I'm not allowed even to come before the Board again for a fortnight, so I rather welcome the chance of getting right away. |
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