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dickey

I

noun

1. a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

• Syn: ↑dickie, ↑dicky, ↑dickey-seat, ↑dickie-seat, ↑dicky-seat

• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain

• Hypernyms: ↑backseat

2. a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

• Syn: ↑dickie, ↑dicky, ↑shirtfront

• Derivationally related forms: ↑dicky (for: ↑dicky)

• Hypernyms: ↑insert, ↑inset

• Part Holonyms: ↑shirt

II

adjective

(British informal) faulty

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"I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre

• Syn: ↑dicky

• Similar to: ↑impaired

• Derivationally related forms: ↑dicky (for: ↑dicky)

• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain

Useful english dictionary. 2012.