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Definition of Dickie
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
2. Noun. A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt.
Generic synonyms: Insert, Inset
Group relationships: Shirt
Derivative terms: Dickey, Dicky
Definition of Dickie
1. Proper noun. (non-gloss definition (given name male diminutive=Dick), a short form of the male given name Richard). ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
3. Noun. A false shirt-front sometimes worn with a tuxedo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dickie
1. dickey [n -S] - See also: dickey
Literary usage of Dickie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"This sounds all right, but it puts a stranger, so to speak, on entering, on to
the wrong scent ; for who would suppose that those who call a man " dickie," ..."
2. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice (1896)
"THIS was an appeal by Alice dickie, wife of the defendant Thomas dickie, ...
The defendant Thomas dickie had been arrested for stealing clover seed, ..."
3. New Cases Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New York by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith (1880)
"Matter of dickie. tion to the levy and collection of local assessments must be
strictly construed and followed. In this case the assessment was made by ..."
4. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1889)
"10 Bold dickie broke lock, Bold dickie broke key, Bold dickie broke ... 14 4 Bold
dickie, Bold dickie,' poor Archer says he, ' Look you yonder there and see ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"GEORGE dickie was born in Aberdeen on the 23rd November, 1813, ... Dr. dickie began
in early life to investigate the flora of the district around Aberdeen, ..."
6. Trial of Madeleine Smith by Madeleine Hamilton Smith, Alexander Duncan Smith (1905)
"Some time afterwards my assistant (dickie) delivered to Dr. Penny some arsenic
... I was there when dickie gave it. Cross-examined by Mr. YOUNG—My shop is ..."
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