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Dickey
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So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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dicky or dickey1 (ˈdɪkɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl dickies, dickeys | |
| 1. | a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress |
| 2. | a man's false shirt front, esp one worn with full evening dress |
| 3. | (Brit) Also called: dicky bow a bow tie |
| 4. | chiefly (Brit) an informal name for a donkey, esp a male one |
| 5. | dickybird, Also called: dickeybird a child's word for a bird, esp a small one |
| 6. | US and Canadian name: rumble seat a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars |
| 7. | (Indian) Also called: boot an enclosed compartment of a car for holding luggage, etc, usually at the rear |
| [C18 (in the senses: donkey, shirt front): from Dickey, diminutive of Dick (name); the relationship of the various senses is obscure] | |
| dickey or dickey1 | |
| —n | |
| [C18 (in the senses: donkey, shirt front): from Dickey, diminutive of Dick (name); the relationship of the various senses is obscure] | |
| dicky or dickey2 (ˈdɪkɪ) | |
| —adj , dickier, dickiest | |
| informal (Brit) in bad condition; shaky, unsteady, or unreliable: I feel a bit dicky today | |
| [C18: perhaps from the name Dick in the phrase as queer as Dick's hatband feeling ill] | |
| dickey or dickey2 | |
| —adj | |
| [C18: perhaps from the name Dick in the phrase as queer as Dick's hatband feeling ill] | |
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