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dicky

[ dik-ee ]

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noun

, plural dick·ies.

dicky

/ ˈdɪkɪ /

a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress
a man's false shirt front, esp one worn with full evening dress
Also calleddicky bow a bow tie
an informal name for a donkey, esp a male one
Also calleddickybirddickeybird a child's word for a bird, esp a small one
a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars US and Canadian namerumble seat
Also calledboot an enclosed compartment of a car for holding luggage, etc, usually at the rear

dicky

/ ˈdɪkɪ /

informal.
in bad condition; shaky, unsteady, or unreliable
I feel a bit dicky today

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Origin of dicky¹

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

Origin of dicky²

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

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Duane and Dicky lope backstage afterwards to “do some sniff,” as Dicky terms it.

Duane grabs a towel and mops his streaming face while Dicky spoons out the coke.

Dicky Betts, alternate lead guitar to Duane, whiles away the flight swapping comic books with the bassist, Berry Oakley.

By the time Dicky Betts thunderballs into his solo jam on “Elizabeth Reed,” people are standing on their chairs, yodeling cheers.

Then Dicky shows up, looking for a maxi-length white leather dress for his Indian lady friend.

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

"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.

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.

Bessy Dicky shed tears when talking to Mrs. Sturtevant about the disappearance of the baby.

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