Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dicky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dickey \Dick"ey\, Dicky \Dick"y\, n.
1. A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.
2. A false shirt front or bosom.
3. A gentleman's shirt collar. [Local, U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dicky
adj : (British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"- John
le Carre [syn: {dickey}]
n 1: (British English) a small third seat in the back of an
old-fashioned two-seater [syn: {dickey}, {dickie}, {dickey-seat},
{dickie-seat}, {dicky-seat}]
2: a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the
front of a shirt [syn: {dickey}, {dickie}, {shirtfront}]
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