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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



... have two playful pet kittens, named Milly and Lillie, and a little dog named Dickie. He will shake hands with me, and when I make up a face at ...
— Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... but it has nothing to do with the case. They are they people you have to do work for, whether you like it or not. They are your masters. Don'tbe deceived, Dickie, you aren't strong enough to trifle with them,—or with yourself, which ...
— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling
... be talking to each other!" Dickie Dorn thought to himself, as he lay upon his back under the big oak tree ...
— Friendly Fairies • Johnny Gruelle
... him!" cried Dickie and Nellie Chip-Chip, the boy and girl sparrow, who happened to be at the circus. "We'll ...
— Uncle Wiggily's Adventures • Howard R. Garis
... a skull, in three parts, at Tunstead, a farmhouse about a mile and a half from Chapel-en-le-Frith, which, although popularly known by the male cognomen "Dickie," has always been said to be that of a woman. How long it has been located in its present home is not known, but tradition tells how one of two co-heiresses residing here was murdered, who solemnly affirmed that her bones should remain ...
— Strange Pages from Family Papers • T. F. Thiselton Dyer


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