Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman's blouse front worn under a suit jacket or low-necked garment.
- noun A man's detachable shirt front.
- noun A collar for a shirt.
- noun A child's bib or pinafore.
- noun The driver's seat on a carriage.
- noun A rear seat for servants on a carriage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
dicky .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A false detachable shirt front or bosom.
- noun Local, U. S. A gentleman's shirt collar.
- noun Slang A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat.
- noun A seat for the driver (In a carriage); -- called also dickey box or dickie seat.
- noun A seat at the back for servants.
- noun colloq., Dial. Eng., colloq., Dial. Eng. One of various animals.
- noun colloq., Dial. Eng., colloq., Dial. Eng. A donkey.
- noun colloq., Dial. Eng., Dial. Eng. Any small bird; -- called also
dickeybird ordickey bird . - noun Dial. Eng. The hedge sparrow.
- noun The haddock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A detachable
shirt front,collar orbib . - adjective informal In poor condition
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
- noun a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
- adjective (British informal) faulty
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They have been altered and provided with a modern "dickey" -- I should say, front -- which rather hides their antiquity.
A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" Thomas Anderton 1869
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` At ten o'clock they get into their carriages: * the king, Madame de Montespan, the Duke of Orleans, and Madame de Thianges, and the good Hendicourt on the dickey, that is as if one were in the upper gallery.
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Obviously not a fake turtleneck (aka a dickey) as it can be seen poking out a shirtsleeve,
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I hate that word, "dickey," but if I say "fichu," will anyone know what that means?
Archive 2004-05-01 Holly 2004
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I hate that word, "dickey," but if I say "fichu," will anyone know what that means?
list Holly 2004
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Pat, the orchestra, put on a dress coat and vest and a "dickey"; the coat had white celluloid cuffs pinned in the sleeves at the wrists.
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He wore a coloured shirt and a 'dickey' which was very soiled and covered with splashes of paint, and one side of it was projecting from the opening of the waistcoat.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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Apart from the cool clothes on the pictures, the brand has a line of delicate necklaces and a (sort of weird) chest accessory, like a very fancy and carefully crafted vest or 'dickey'
TreeHugger 2010
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a "dickey"; the coat had white celluloid cuffs pinned in the sleeves at the wrists.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise David Graham Phillips 1889
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"dickey", I was all impatience to see what she was like; so, the next day happening to be fine, I set off, the first thing after breakfast, and, walking in to Weymouth, made my way straight to the shipyard.
The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886
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