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Definition of Dickey-seat
1. Noun. A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
Generic synonyms: Backseat
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Literary usage of Dickey-seat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smith of Bear City: And Other Frontier Sketches by George Tower Buffum (1906)
"As he climbed up to the dickey seat above and behind the driver, I caught a
familiar look in his face, and felt sure that this was not our first meeting. ..."
2. Mississippi Scenes: Or, Sketches of Southern and Western Life and Adventure by Joseph Beckham Cobb (1851)
"My poor old mother, who died last year, had an old hack of a barouche with a huge
dickey seat and movable top, which she had left me ..."
3. Mechanics Magazine (1826)
"The body is to contain two or three persons—-the front dickey seat for the driver.
It is remarkably easy, ..."
4. The New York Coach-maker's Magazineby Ezra M. Stratton, George Washington Wright Houghton by Ezra M. Stratton, George Washington Wright Houghton (1860)
"... 133 ; For a Dickey-Seat, 210 ; For a Body, 10 ; Design for a Fancy Perch, 10 ;
For a Raised Back, 80 Triple Phaeton, Iron-work for, 111 Stage Driver, ..."
5. Brighton and Its Coaches: A History of the London and Brighton Road, with by William Charles Arlington Blew (1894)
"... ran into her, and overturned her, the Dart losing her dickey-seat in the
scrimmage. The crash was heard a long way off, and the shrieking was described ..."
6. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old by Charles George Harper (1895)
"The mail-coaches carried four inside and three out, with a " dickey " seat for
the guard, who never forgot to take his sword-case and blunderbuss, ..."
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