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[dik-ee]

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noun, plural dick·ies.

dickey¹.

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dicky or dickey¹ (ˈdɪkɪ)

—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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dicky

"detached shirt front," 1811; "a small bird," 1851; dim. of dick, but the applications are obscure in both cases.

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"I never wear my best coat on a journey, though perchance I could show a certificate to prove that I have a more costly one, at least, at home, if that were all that a gentleman required. It is not wise for a traveler to go dressed. I should no more think of it than of putting on a clean dicky and blacking my shoes to go a-fishing; as if you were going out to dine, when, in fact, the genuine traveler is going out to work hard, and fare harder,—to eat a crust by the wayside whenever he can get it. Honest traveling is about as dirty work as you can do, and a man needs a pair of overalls for it. As for blacking my shoes in such a case, I should as soon think of blacking my face."

-Henry David Thoreau

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