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dickey¹

  • /ˈdɪki/

Rhymes with -ɪki

Where it comes from

From Dickey.

noun dickeys

  1. alternative Alternative form of dicky ...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.

dickey²

  • /ˈdɪki/

Rhymes with -ɪki

Where it comes from

Unknown; see the main entry.

adjective dickier · dickiest

  1. alternative Alternative form of dicky (“doubtful, troublesome, in poor condition”).

Dickey³

  • /ˈdɪki/

Rhymes with -ɪki

Where it comes from

From Dick + -ey. The city in North Dakota was named in honor of the American lawyer George H. Dickey.

proper noun Dickie · Dicky

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A small city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.

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"dickey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dickey. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"dickey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dickey.

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@misc{dickey_2026,
  title = {dickey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dickey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}