dicky

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɪki/

Noun

colloquial Cockney slang dated India historical UK idiomatic in negative constructions dialectal

Japanese Meaning

（口語）シラミ。 / （コックニー・ライミング・スラング）襟付きシャツ、または襟のあるシャツ（「dicky dirt」として使われる）。 / 切り離し可能なシャツの前身頃、襟、またはエプロン部分。

What is this buttons?

Don't be a dicky and give her the message.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ろくでなしになるな、彼女にその伝言を伝えて。

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Sense（1）

(colloquial) A louse.

Sense（2）

(Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.

Sense（3）

A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.

Sense（4）

(slang, dated) A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.

Sense（5）

(dated) A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.

...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 the dickey.

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Sense（6）

(dated) A seat in a carriage, for the driver.

Sense（7）

(India) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.

Can you open the dicky for me?

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Sense（8）

(historical) A leather apron for a gig, etc.

Sense（9）

A small bird; a dicky-bird.

Sense（10）

(idiomatic, UK, in negative constructions) An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.

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 a dicky.

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Sense（11）

(UK, military slang) A pilot.

Sense（12）

(UK, dialect) A hedge sparrow.

Sense（13）

(UK, dialect) A donkey.

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 on dickies […]

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