Synonyms for dicky


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dik-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪk i

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Définition of dicky

Origin :
  • "detached shirt front," 1811; "a small bird," 1851; diminutive of dick, but the applications are obscure in both cases.
  • As in collar : noun neck attire
Example sentences :
  • He next whispered to him, and (as Dicky says) invited him to join them.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • It was Dicky, the lad of the sanguine countenance that spoke.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • Then he held up his head, and I knew dear old Dicky was as sound as a bell.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • “If Tempest says so, he probably is,” remarked the unemotional Dicky.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • In vain the faithful Dicky prompted me from behind and Graham minor from the side.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Please, sir,” said the loyal Dicky, “I lugged him on a good part of the way.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • I routed up Dicky, and very quietly we dressed and slipped out.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • I casually asked Dicky one day if he knew any of the places round.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • “There you are again,” broke in Dicky, cutting himself a hunch of cake.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Then spying Dicky Brown in the distance, they shrieked on him to deliver them.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

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