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Dickey-bird
see synonyms of dickey-birdNoun
1. dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird
small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Dickey-bird
see synonyms of dickey-bird nounWord forms: plural ˈdickeys
1.
a man's detachable, or false, shirt front
2.
a false blouse front, worn under a woman's suit jacket or dress
3.
a child's bib or pinafore
4.
a small bird
: also dickey bird5.
a.
the driver's seat in a carriage
: also dickey boxb.
a seat at the back of a carriage, as for servants
adjective
alt. sp. of; British
dicky1
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