Associations to the word «Dicky»

Wiktionary

DICKY, proper noun. A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
DICKY, noun. Alternative spelling of dickey
DICKY, noun. (colloquial) A louse
DICKY, noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
DICKY, noun. (dated) A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.
DICKY, noun. (dated) A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
DICKY, adjective. Alternative spelling of dickey
DICKY, adjective. (colloquial) doubtful, troublesome
DICKY, adjective. (vulgar) like a dick; foolish
DICKY BIRD, noun. Alternative form of dicky-bird
DICKY BOW, noun. (British) (informal) A bowtie.
DICKY BOWS, noun. Plural of dicky bow

Dictionary definition

DICKY, noun. A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
DICKY, noun. A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt.
DICKY, adjective. (British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats