dicky
Americannoun
noun
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a woman's false blouse front, worn to fill in the neck of a jacket or low-cut dress
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a man's false shirt front, esp one worn with full evening dress
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Also called: dicky bow. a bow tie
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an informal name for a donkey, esp a male one
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Also called: dickybird. dickeybird. a child's word for a bird, esp a small one
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US and Canadian name: rumble seat. a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars
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Also called: boot. an enclosed compartment of a car for holding luggage, etc, usually at the rear
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of dicky1
C18 (in the senses: donkey, shirt front): from Dickey, diminutive of Dick (name); the relationship of the various senses is obscure
Origin of dicky2
C18: perhaps from the name Dick in the phrase as queer as Dick's hatband feeling ill
Example Sentences
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It was in L.A. that he landed his first writers’ room job on the FX comedy “Dave,” a meta series centered around rapper Lil Dicky.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
"I’m not a Nikki fan and I’m not a Pelosi fan. And when I purposely interpose names they said, ‘He didn’t know Pelosi from Nikki from tricky Nikki, tricky Dicky."
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024
When Lopez-Zuniga’s attorney, Dicky Grigg, asked if Aguirre had ever mentioned Lopez-Zuniga, Hotze responded: “Never did.”
From Washington Post • May 6, 2022
Dicky Budiman, an epidemiologist at Griffith University in Australia, said a third wave of infections is inevitable as long as a large portion of Indonesia’s population remains unprotected against COVID-19.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2022
“So what do you think about your friend Tricky Dicky now, Milt?”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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