dicky.
A louse.
Meaning & usage
A louse.
Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.
A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
Can you open the dicky for me?
the buttocks.
A leather apron for a gig, etc.
A small bird; a dicky-bird.
An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
A pilot.
A hedge sparrow.
A donkey.
A haddock.
Where this word comes from
From Dicky, pet form of Richard. * In cover/apron senses: perhaps from English dialect dick (“leather apron”) + -y; perhaps from Dutch dek (“a cover”).
In bad condition; weak, faulty, unreliable, doubtful, troublesome.
He had a dicky heart.
I've got a dicky tummy.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Perhaps a use of Dicky, hypocoristic form of Dick, perhaps playing on its resemblance to tricky, sticky, or other similar-sounding words. Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of dickens.
A penis (dick).
Where this word comes from
From dick + -y (diminutive suffix), apparently originally punningly after Etymology 1.
Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English dick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dicky From dick + -y (adjectival suffix).
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