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1Dicky — may refer to: Car boot, storage space in a car. Dicky (garment), a type of false shirt front Dicky Moe, a fictional whale in the Tom and Jerry series USS Dicky (SP 231), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 People… …
2dicky — adj. Faulty. [British informal] Syn: dickey. [WordNet 1.5] I ve got this dicky heart John le Carre …
3dicky — n. See {dickey}. [WordNet 1.5] …
4dicky — dicky1 [dik′ē] n. pl. dickies alt. sp. of DICKEY1 dicky2 [dik′ē] adj. dickier, dickiest [late 18th c. Brit slang < ?] [Brit. Informal] diseased; unsound [a dicky heart] …
5Dicky — rhymes with sicky and means you feel sick …
6dicky — detached shirt front, 1811; a small bird, 1851; dim. of dick, but the applications are obscure in both cases …
7dicky — ► ADJECTIVE (dickier, dickiest) Brit. informal ▪ not strong, healthy, or functioning reliably. ORIGIN perhaps from the given name Dick, in the old saying as queer as Dick s hatband …
8dicky — I UK [ˈdɪkɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms dicky : singular dicky plural dickies a false shirt front that a man can wear under a jacket II UK [ˈdɪkɪ] / US adjective Word forms dicky : adjective dicky comparative dickier superlative dickiest… …
9dicky — I. /ˈdɪki / (say dikee) noun (plural dickies) 1. a detachable shirt front, or blouse front. 2. a pinafore or apron. 3. a donkey, especially a male. 4. Also, dicky seat. a small additional seat at the outside or back of a vehicle; rumble seat.… …
10dicky — dick|y1 [ˈdıki] adj BrE old fashioned [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Origin unknown] weak, and likely to break or not work properly dicky heart/ticker (=a heart that is weak and not very healthy) dicky 2 dicky2 dickey n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin:… …
