dickey

Definition of Dickey in English :

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Noun

1. dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky, dicky-seat

a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

2. dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront

a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

Adjective

3. dickey, dicky

(British informal) faulty

Example Sentences:
'I've got this dicky heart'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dickey

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nounWord forms: plural ˈdickeys

1.

a man's detachable, or false, shirt front

2.

a false blouse front, worn under a woman's suit jacket or dress

3.

a child's bib or pinafore

4.

a small bird

: also dickey bird

5.

a.

the driver's seat in a carriage

: also dickey box

b.

a seat at the back of a carriage, as for servants

adjective

alt. sp. of; British

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Dickey

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American baseball player. As a catcher with the New York Yankees (1928-1943, 1946), he caught 100 games or more for 13 consecutive seasons and batted .300 or more for 11 seasons.

American writer, especially of poetry, although he is perhaps best known for his novel Deliverance (1970).

n. pl. dick·eys also dick·ies

1.

a. A woman's blouse front worn under a suit jacket or low-necked garment.

b. A man's detachable shirt front.

c. A collar for a shirt.

d. A child's bib or pinafore.

2. Chiefly British

a. The driver's seat on a carriage.

b. A rear seat for servants on a carriage.

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