[syn: dicky, dickey]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dickey \Dick"ey\, Dicky \Dick"y\, n.
1.
1. A false detachable shirt front or bosom. [Also spelled
dickie.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A gentleman's shirt collar. [Local, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
3. A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a
straw hat. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4.
(a) A seat for the driver (In a carriage); -- called also
dickey box or dickie seat.
(b) A seat at the back for servants.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. One of various animals; specif.:
(a) A donkey.
(b) Any small bird; -- called also dickeybird or dickey
bird. [Colloq.]
(c) The hedge sparrow. [Dial. Eng.]
(d) The haddock.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] dickeybird
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dicky \dicky\ adj.
Faulty. [British informal]
Syn: dickey.
[WordNet 1.5]
I've got this dicky heart --John le
Carre
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dicky \dicky\ n.
See dickey.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dicky
adj 1: (British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"-
John le Carre [syn: dicky, dickey]
n 1: a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-
seater [syn: dickey, dickie, dicky, dickey-seat,
dickie-seat, dicky-seat]
2: a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the
front of a shirt [syn: dickey, dickie, dicky,
shirtfront]