dicky

Meanings

Noun

• A louse.
• Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
• A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
• A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
• A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.
• A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
• The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
• A leather apron for a gig, etc.
• A small bird; a dicky-bird.
• An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
• A pilot.
• A hedge sparrow.
• A donkey.
• A haddock.

Adjective

• doubtful, troublesome; in poor condition
• like a dick, foolish or obnoxious

Origin

• From dick + -y.
• In cover/apron senses: perhaps from English dialect dick -y; perhaps from Dutch dek ("a cover").
• From dick + -y.