Dicky

Quick meaning: Dicky is a noun meaning (colloquial) A louse.

Meaning

(colloquial) A louse.

More Meanings

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
2. (South Asia) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
3. (India, colloquial) the buttocks.
4. (slang) A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
5. (slang, dated) A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
6. (dated) A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.
7. (dated) A seat in a carriage, for the driver.

Example Sentences

He had a dicky heart.

I've got a dicky tummy.

Can you open the dicky for me?

Back and forth, back and forth, go our mothers on their secret missions, carrying their sinister freight in the dicky of our Morris Minor.

Word Forms

• dickies
• dickey
• dickie
• dickier
• dickiest

Synonyms for dicky

Depending on context, synonyms include tommy, boot, trunk, arse, ass, back.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dickie, dickey, impaired, shirtfront, weenie, kiss.

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