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dickey

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. dickey (noun)
  2. dicky rice weevil (noun)
  3. dickey bird (noun)

dick·ey

noun \ˈdi-kē\
plural dickeys or dick·ies

Definition of DICKEY

1
: any of various articles of clothing: as a : a man's separate or detachable shirtfront b : a small fabric insert worn to fill in the neckline
2
chiefly British a : the driver's seat in a carriage b : a seat at the back of a carriage or automobile
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Variants of DICKEY

dick·ey or dicky also dick·ie \ˈdi-kē\

Origin of DICKEY

Dicky, nickname for Richard
First Known Use: 1807

Rhymes with DICKEY

hickey, icky, kicky, picky, quickie, rickey, shticky, sickie, sticky, tricky

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