dicky | Idiomator

Meaning: (colloquial)Alouse.; (Cockney rhyming slang)Dickydirt= ashirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.; A detachableshirtfront,collarorbib.; (slang,dated)Ahat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat orderby, and (in the UK) astrawhat.; (dated)Aseatbehind acarriageor early motor car, for aservant.1831,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon],Romance and Reality.[…], volume II, London:Henry ColburnandRichard Bentley,[…],→OCLC,pages134–135:...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on thedickey.; (dated)Aseatin acarriage, for thedriver.; (South Asia)The luggage storage compartment of asedan/saloonstyle car.Synonyms:(Britain)boot,(Canada, US)trunkCan you open thedickyfor me?1988,Bapsi Sidhwa,Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page184:Back and forth, back and forth, go our mothers on their secret missions, carrying their sinister freight in thedickyof our Morris Minor.; (historical)Aleatherapronfor agig, etc.; A small bird; adicky-bird.; (idiomatic,UK,in negative constructions)An insignificant sound or thing;dicky-bird.2013, Michael Dobbs,A Ghost at the Door:Oh, she landed at Heathrow all right, like you said, but since then your Miss Ranelagh seems to have vanished as effectively as my overdue promotion. Not used her credit card, her Internet account, her mobile phone. Nothing. Not adicky.; (UK,militaryslang)Apilot.; (UK,dialect)Ahedge sparrow.; (UK,dialect)Adonkey.1896, Augustus Jessopp,Random Roaming, and Other Papers, page181:I've heard grandfather say that when Mr. Priest was at his best there was scores o' young gents as used to come to school as day-boys, 'cause there was no room for 'em to board; and they used to come ondickies[…]; Ahaddock.

Examples:

EN: Watch the dicky bird, ducky.
ES: Mire el pajarito, guapa.
EN: No, what with his dicky eye...
ES: No, porque él, con su trapillo en el ojo...
EN: "The old ticker's a bit dicky, you know."
ES: "El viejo telégrafo me falla un poco, sabes."
EN: He has a dicky heart, there's no denying... But it's not going to kill him... Unless he wants it to.
ES: Tiene una debilidad cardíaca, es cierto, pero eso no lo matará, a menos que él quiera.
EN: - I was adjusting my dicky. - Oh.
ES: Arreglándome la pajarita.
EN: Put on your dicky dirt and your Peckham Rye
ES: ! Mete tu sucio pito y tu Peckham Rye!
EN: Hairy blighter dicky-birdied, feathered back on his sammy Took a waspy Flipped over on his betty harper's
ES: El destructor peludo ha emplumado a su Sammy... ha saltado sobre Betty Harper y ha recuperado la lata de Bertie.
EN: Hairy blighter dicky-birdied, feathered back on his sammy Took a waspy, flipped over on his betty harper's
ES: El destructor peludo ha emplumado a su Sammy... ha saltado sobre Betty Harper y ha recuperado la lata de Bertie.
EN: Hairy blighter dicky-birdied... Feathered back on his sammy... Took a waspy, flipped over on his betty harper's
ES: El destructor peludo ha emplumado a su Sammy... ha saltado sobre Betty Harper... y ha recuperado la lata de Bertie.
EN: Touch of dicky tummy, you know.
ES: Dolorcito de panza, ¿sabe?
EN: Yes, all the Baskervilles have hearty dicks-- dicky hearts, I mean.
ES: Sí, todos los Baskerville lo tenemos grande. El corazón, digo.
EN: Watch the dicky-bird.
ES: Reloj el peto-pájaro.
EN: She was a sweet little dicky bird.
ES: Ella era un pequeño pájaro dicky dulce.
EN: Good boy, dicky, good boy.
ES: Buen niño, Dicky. Buen niño.
EN: Attack dicky!
ES: ¡Ataca Dicky!

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