dickeys

Variant of dickey

dickey definition

dickey (dik′ē)

noun pl. dickeys -·eys

  1. a man's detachable, or false, shirt front
  2. a false blouse front, worn under a woman's suit jacket or dress
  3. a child's bib or pinafore
  4. a small bird
    also dickey bird
    1. the driver's seat in a carriage
      also dickey box
    2. a seat at the back of a carriage, as for servants

Etymology: < the nickname Dick

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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