dicky

UK /ˈdɪki/ US /ˈdɪki/
noun 6adj 2name 1

Definitions

name

1

A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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.

...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.

adj

1

In bad condition; weak, faulty, unreliable, doubtful, troublesome.

He had a dicky heart.

I've got a dicky tummy.

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