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dicky

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Noun

  1. A louse.
  2. Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
  3. A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
  4. A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
  5. A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.
  6. A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
  7. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
  8. A leather apron for a gig, etc.
  9. A small bird; a dicky-bird.
  10. An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
  11. A pilot.
  12. A hedge sparrow.
  13. A donkey.
  14. A haddock.
  15. A penis (dick).

Adjective

  1. In bad condition; weak, faulty, unreliable, doubtful, troublesome.
  2. Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious.

Proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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