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dicky-bird
noun 3
Collocations
3VERB + DICKY-BIRD
heard
DICKY-BIRD + NOUN
anything
PREP.
about
Definitions
noun
1
A small bird.
The Swan and the Dickey-bird: A Fable.
Simple Simon went a hunting, He thought he could not fail, For to catch a Dickie Bird, For he’d got a little salt to put upon his tail.
2
A word; a brief chat.
We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.
3
A small thing.
I peeked into the cellar but there was nothing there. Not a dicky-bird.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — small bird
- dickeybird
- dickey-bird
- dickybird
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The Swan and the Dickey-bird: A Fable.
Wiktionary02
Simple Simon went a hunting, He thought he could not fail, For to catch a Dickie Bird, For he’d got a little salt to put upon his tail.
Wiktionary03
We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.
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