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adj
In bad condition; weak, faulty, unreliable, doubtful, troublesome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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adj
Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, vulgar
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A louse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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noun
Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, slang
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noun
A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: tommy
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noun
A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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noun
A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia
Synonyms: boot, trunk
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noun
the buttocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, colloquial
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Synonyms: 'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty, behind, blessed assurance, booty, botty, bottom, bum, bum cheeks, buns, butt, butt cheeks, buttocks, caboose, cheeks, derriere, dicky, fanny, fourth point of contact, gluteus maximus, glutes, gooseberry-grinder, gyatt, heinie, hiney, hinderlin, hurdies, jacksie, keester, keister, moon, moneymaker, nates, nether cheeks, patootie, peach, posterior, postern, rear, rear end, rump, seat, sit upon, tail, toches, tush, tushie
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noun
A leather apron for a gig, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A small bird; a dicky-bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, idiomatic
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noun
A pilot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A hedge sparrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A donkey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A haddock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A penis (dick).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, vulgar
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adjective satellite
(British informal) faulty- John le Carre
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dickey
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dickey, dickie, shirtfront
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insert, inset
noun
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dickey, dickie, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: backseat
History
Unknown. Perhaps a use of Dicky, hypocoristic form of Dick, perhaps playing on its resemblance to tricky, sticky, or other similar-sounding words. Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of dickens.
Etymology tree English dick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dicky From dick + -y (adjectival suffix).
From Dick + -y.
From Dicky, pet form of Richard. * In cover/apron senses: perhaps from English dialect dick (“leather apron”) + -y; perhaps from Dutch dek (“a cover”).
From dick + -y (diminutive suffix), apparently originally punningly after Etymology 1.
