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Dickey

//ˈdɪki// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dicky (“doubtful, troublesome, in poor condition”). alt-of, alternative
Adjective
  1. 1
    (British informal) faulty wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. 3
    A small city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dicky. alt-of, alternative

    "...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey."

  2. 2
    a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt wordnet
  3. 3
    a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dickey.

Etymology 2

Unknown; see the main entry.

Etymology 3

From Dick + -ey. The city in North Dakota was named in honor of the American lawyer George H. Dickey.

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