dicky
noun
a variant of dickey.
dickies
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pluralof dicky.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Since June, Parsons-Meares has been rushing to fulfill orders for 178 pairs of pants, 120 vests and 125 dickies for “Hamilton” alone.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
To make one costume seem like many, women are buying in vast quantities dickies, jabots, fichus, gilets, ruches, berthas, bibs, piccadillies, collets, modesties and ruffs.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turned to Katie and explained: “So many years comes this girl by me to buy dickies and paper collars for the papa. Now for a whole year already, she don’t come.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Some men went so far as to wear "dickies," that is to say, false shirt fronts made of paper, but this was considered a silly cheat.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
The dickies, snugly curled under the lining of a fur cap or narrow-brimmed hat, came forth to be arranged under neck-ties of gay hues and flowing dimensions.
From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
