Meaning

16 senses
  1. (colloquial)A louse.

  2. (Cockney, slang)Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.

  3. (slang)A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.

    a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

  4. (dated, slang)A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.

  5. (dated)A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.

  6. (dated)A seat in a carriage, for the driver.

  7. (South Asia)The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.

    Can you open the dicky for me?

  8. (India, colloquial)The buttocks.

  9. (historical)A leather apron for a gig, etc.

  10. A small bird; a dicky-bird.

  11. (UK, idiomatic)An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.

  12. (UK, slang)A pilot.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. There are only small humans in our century; no dicks, only dickies.

    ruМелки в наш век пошли людишки ― хуёв уж нет ― одни хуишки.

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  2. Although I have been called Dicky since I was a baby, my real name is Richard.

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Origin

From Dicky, pet form of Richard. From dick + -y (diminutive suffix), apparently originall

From Dicky, pet form of Richard.

From dick + -y (diminutive suffix), apparently originally punningly after Etymology 1.

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Forms

plural: dickies

Synonyms

62 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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