Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ass; a donkey.
- Poor in quality or condition; ‘sorry’; ‘queer’: as, a dicky lot; a dicky concern.
- noun A leathern apron.
- noun A child's bib.
- noun A shirt-front; a separate front worn over the breast in place of a shirt, or to hide a shirt not fit to be seen.
- noun A kind of high standing shirt-collar formerly worn.
- noun The seat in a carriage on which the driver sits, whether in front or not; a seat behind the body of a carriage for servants, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective British informal Faulty.
- noun See
dickey .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
dickey . - noun colloquial A louse
- noun Cockney rhyming slang Dicky dirt = a
shirt , meaning a shirt with a collar. - adjective Alternative spelling of
dickey . - adjective colloquial doubtful, troublesome
- adjective vulgar like a
dick ; foolish
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (British informal) faulty
- noun a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
- noun a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
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Examples
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We only got out because Andrew got a bit bored and we were both a bit dicky from the night before, or I’d still be in there now!
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The French colony had managed, by sharing the expense, to purchase a cabriolet, a hooded one-horse chaise which held two people inside, and had a "dicky" behind for a servant.
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He would doubtless have done well enough as "dicky" in an ordinary wind-jammer, but on the quarterdeck of such a craft as the
The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise Harry Collingwood 1886
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It was known his "dicky" had fallen off, but, on the other hand, he had brought back a pair of patent leather pumps, which might make him feel it his duty to attend.
Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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On the other hand, there's the ALL CAPS and the spam, as well his kind of dicky admonition that this Firehawk
Jalopnik Graverobber 2010
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"dicky" and cravat, and adjust her own bonnet and shawl.
The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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IDAHO is a known republican no brainer state. so a blue what ever is just someone alittle smarter than most republicans can't think out side the box unless they are told how to think and when to breath. by people like george bush dicky cheney karl the rat rove and so on. bunch anti american big business jerk theives.
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But I will say looks like karma is catching up with ol dicky boy
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Yes and little dicky will not be able to hide behind executive privilege this time, he will have to plead the 5th!
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September 13th, 2009 7: 26 pm ET did they check with rush limbag or dicky trick cheney. they all need to go away. .or back under the rock that cheney built his lies on ass wipes
brtom commented on the word dicky
An illstarched dicky jutted up and with a rude gesture he thrust it back into his waistcoat.
Joyce, Ulysses, 7
January 2, 2007