dickey
1or dick·y, dick·ie
an article of clothing made to look like the front or collar of a shirt, blouse, vest, etc., worn as a separate piece under another garment, as a jacket or dress.: Compare vest (def. 2), vestee.
a detachable linen shirt collar.
a bib or pinafore worn by a child.
a small bird.
a donkey, especially a male.
an outside seat on a carriage.
British. rumble seat (def. 1).
Origin of dickey
1Other definitions for dickey (2 of 3)
not working properly; faulty: I'm fed up with this dickey air conditioner.
Origin of dickey
2Other definitions for Dickey (3 of 3)
James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
William "Bill", 1907–93, U.S. baseball player.
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How to use dickey in a sentence
Now, Dickie says, the church is distancing itself from the perceived alliance.
Pope Francis May Be Risking His Life by Taking on the Mafia | Barbie Latza Nadeau | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe shared his first joint with Louis Armstrong and Dickie Wells backstage at Three Deuces on 52 Street.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere is the best book I have read on the role of organized crime in southern Italy, John Dickie's Cosa Nostra.
There was born what Dickie calls, following the lead of a late 19th century Italian investigator, Sicily's "violence industry."
As John Dickie tells it in his riveting and convincing Cosa Nostra, Italy's Mafia problem is not a problem born of culture.
I sometimes thought that Mathieson might well have shown more consideration to one so much his senior in years as Dickie was.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowMr. Dickie was a teacher in Tilliedrum, but he was ruined by drink.
Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. BarrieEvery day, for a quarter of an hour, Dickie was allowed to take exercise on a flat stone on the edge of the moor.
Betty Vivian | L. T. MeadeBut Betty had now forgotten that it was necessary to have a bait to bring Dickie once more into the shelter of his cage.
Betty Vivian | L. T. MeadeOn this special occasion, when Betty brought the rules to the Vivian attic, she forgot all about Dickie.
Betty Vivian | L. T. Meade
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