dicky

[ dik-ee ]
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noun,plural dick·ies.
  1. a variant of dickey1.

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How to use dicky in a sentence

  • "So ye'll just be by yoursel' the morn, unless they put dicky Tamson owre aside you," he added viciously.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • "I dinna want dicky Tamson aside me," she said with some heat, and a hint of anxiety in her voice, which pleased him a little.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • Jerry is white with pink eyes, Billy is gray with black eyes, and dicky and Bessie are black with blue eyes.

  • The ladies looked at one another, and Miss Bessy dicky's reading was unheard.

    The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Bessy dicky shed tears when talking to Mrs. Sturtevant about the disappearance of the baby.

    The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for dicky (1 of 2)

dicky1

dickey

/ (ˈdɪkɪ) /


nounplural dickies or 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

  1. Also called: dicky bow British a bow tie

  2. mainly British an informal name for a donkey, esp a male one

  3. Also called: dickybird, dickeybird a child's word for a bird, esp a small one

  4. a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars: US and Canadian name: rumble seat

  5. Also called: boot Indian an enclosed compartment of a car for holding luggage, etc, usually at the rear

Origin of dicky

1
C18 (in the senses: donkey, shirt front): from Dickey, diminutive of Dick (name); the relationship of the various senses is obscure

British Dictionary definitions for dicky (2 of 2)

dicky2

dickey

/ (ˈdɪkɪ) /


adjectivedickier or dickiest
  1. British informal in bad condition; shaky, unsteady, or unreliable: I feel a bit dicky today

Origin of dicky

2
C18: perhaps from the name Dick in the phrase as queer as Dick's hatband feeling ill

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