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This year, she designed dickeys that should be in full view, like over a long-sleeve T-shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2015

M. Patmos, a brand known for its soft, tailored knitwear, has included cashmere- and merino-wool dickeys in its fall collections for the past couple of years, says Marcia Patmos, the head designer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2015

The rooms were dense with industry insiders jostling for a closer look at the Beards’ shearling coats, prairie skirts, chunky raccoon furs and, of course, their signature blazer, offered, as always, with interchangeable dickeys.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2013

Fur and novelty things with fur, such as the fur dickeys we saw at Celine.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2011

In Metz dickeys, or small false fronts, were worn as a matter of course in the place of evening shirts.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen