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dickeybird

noun

small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds

• Syn: ↑dickey-bird, ↑dickybird, ↑dicky-bird

• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

• Hypernyms: ↑bird

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noun

see dickey I, 2b

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/dik"ee berrd'/, n.

dickey¹ (def. 4).

[1775-85; DICKEY¹ + BIRD]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.