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Dickie   /dˈɪki/   Listen
noun
Dicky, Dickey  n.  
1.
A false detachable shirt front or bosom. (Also spelled dickie)
2.
A gentleman's shirt collar. (Local, U. S.)
3.
A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat. (Slang)
4.
(a)
A seat for the driver (In a carriage); called also dickey box or dickie seat.
(b)
A seat at the back for servants.
5.
One of various animals; specif.:
(a)
A donkey.
(b)
Any small bird; called also dickeybird or dickey bird. (Colloq.)
(c)
The hedge sparrow. (Dial. Eng.)
(d)
The haddock.


dickie  n.  
1.
A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. (British English)
Synonyms: dickey, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box.
2.
An article of clothing worn by men, consisting of a detachable insert (usually starched), worn suspended from the neck, which simulates the front of a shirt.
Synonyms: dickey, dicky, shirtfront.





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"Dickie" Quotes from Famous Books



... going to do in that thing, Dickie?" Dorothy called. Then, knowing that he could not hear her voice, she turned to Crane. "What are you letting that precious husband of mine do now, Martin? He looks as though he were up ...
— Skylark Three • Edward Elmer Smith
... Dickie Lang," she announced simply. Shoving the automatic into her coat pocket, she extended her hand. "I knew your father well. I am glad ...
— El Diablo • Brayton Norton
... been notorious in the square that Sam'l Dickie was thinking of courting T'nowhead's Bell, and that if Little Sanders Elshioner (which is the Thrums pronunciation of Alexander Alexander) went in for her, he might prove a formidable rival. Sam'l was a weaver in the tenements, and Sanders a coal-carter, whose trade-mark ...
— Stories by English Authors: Scotland • Various
... notable novelty was a water-coloured sketch, a labour of love from the busy hands in New Zealand, which had stolen a few hours from their many tasks to send Dr. May the presentment of his namesake grandson. Little Dickie stood before them, a true son of the humming-bird sprite, delicately limbed and featured, and with elastic springiness, visible even in the pencilled outline. The dancing dark eyes were all Meta's, though the sturdy clasp of the hands, and the curl that ...
— The Trial - or, More Links of the Daisy Chain • Charlotte M. Yonge
... said of her cow, FAENUM HABET IN CORNU; and if it please you to bestow on me the pleasure of your company, the banquet shall cost you NE SEMISSEM QUIDEM, so much is Gammer Sludge bound to me for the pains I have bestowed on the top and bottom of her hopeful heir Dickie, whom I have painfully made to ...
— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott


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