dicky

Meaning

1. (colloquial) A louse.
2. (slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
3. A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
4. (slang) A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
5. A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.
6. A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
7. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
8. A leather apron for a gig, etc.
9. A small bird; a dicky-bird.
10. An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
11. (slang) A pilot.
12. A hedge sparrow.
13. A donkey.
14. A haddock.

dickey

dickie

shirtfront

dicky-seat

dickey-seat

dickie-seat

little bird

rear seat

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪki/

From dick + -y (diminutive suffix). * In cover/apron senses: perhaps from English dialect dick (“leather apron”) + -y; perhaps from Dutch dek (“a cover”).

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