Dick
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editRhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.
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- A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
- Lascivious Edward, and thou perjur'd George,/ And thou mis-shapen Dick, I tell ye all,
- 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::
- You may know what one man thinks of another by his manner of calling him. Thomas and James and Richard and William are stupid young gentlemen; Tom and Jem and Dick and Will are fine spirited fellows.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
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Proper noun
editDick c (genitive Dicks)
- a male given name
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