dicky

See also Dicky

English

Noun

dicky (plural dickies)

  1. Alternative spelling of dickey.
  2. (colloquial) A louse
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
  4. (dated) A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.

Derived terms

Adjective

dicky (comparative dickier, superlative dickiest)

  1. Alternative spelling of dickey.
  2. (colloquial) doubtful, troublesome
    He had a dicky heart.
  3. (vulgar) like a dick; foolish
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