dickey

noun

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dick·ey | \ ˈdi-kē

variants: or dicky or less commonly dickie

plural dickeys or dickies

Definition of dickey

1 : any of various articles of clothing: such 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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Recent Examples on the Web Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey. — Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 Style creators on TikTok are single-handedly causing specific clothing items and accessories to sell out on Amazon—most notably gold hoops, claw clips, and dickey collars. — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2021 This isn’t the dickey’s first moment in the fashion spotlight. — Emily Ruane, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2021 But when the night comes, only Neal — with his turtleneck dickey and his kissing-practice dummy, Morty, as preparation for smooching Vicki — ends up the odd man out. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2021 Or, slip on a dickey, which provides an extra layer without adding sleeves. — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020 But there were also hot pants over sheer logo tights and cropped white cotton dickeys. — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020 Buy a similar collared shirt or a dickey, a false shirtfront that's easy to layer. — Georgina Kim, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2020 Barely a decade later their eponymous brand, Veronica Beard, grew into a fashion empire from that coveted jacket — a play on the classic blazer with an interchangeable dickey favored by Michelle Obama and Gwyneth Paltrow. — Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com, 16 July 2019 See More

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