dicky

Meanings

Plural: dickies

Noun

• a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
• a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
• A louse.
• Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
• A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
• A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
• A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.
• A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
• The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
• A leather apron for a gig, etc.
• A small bird; a dicky-bird.
• An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
• A pilot.
• A hedge sparrow.
• A donkey.
• A haddock.
• A penis (dick).

Adjective Satellite

• (British informal) faulty; - John le Carre
  • "I've got this dicky heart"

Adj

• Doubtful, troublesome; in poor condition.
• Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious.

Synonyms

boot, dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky-seat, shirtfront, trunk

Related Words

dicky up

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