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Definition of Dicky-bird

1. Noun. Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.

Definition of Dicky-bird

1. Noun. Endearing term for a small bird, often used when talking with young children. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic Northern England) An insignificant sound or thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicky-bird

Literary usage of Dicky-bird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1879)
"And he let go—for I made him—and the dicky bird flew awav home, so fast, it was glad, and Polly clapped her hands." " And the naughty boy, did he not thump ..."

2. The Franklin Second Reader by George Stillman Hillard, Loomis Joseph Campbell (1876)
"LESSON IX. ti'-ny tea bushes crumbs spare ber'-ries gone please DICKY BIRD. 1. My dear little friends, I have come out to see If a few tiny crumbs You can ..."

3. Ethics: Stories for Home and School by Julia M. Dewey (1891)
"But as that cannot be I hope you will all remember never to give unnecessary pain to dumb animals, which are God's creatures. THE PLEDGE OF THE dicky-bird ..."

4. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"dicky-bird, a small bird. • The term is always applied endearingly. The Dicky-Bird Society, a society of young people, founded in connection with the ..."

5. The Career of a Nihilist: A Novelby S. Stepniak by S. Stepniak (1889)
"This is the Birthday Book of the celebrated Dicky Bird Society, a great children's society now numbering one hundred and eighty thousand members, ..."

6. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"She was watching for the little dicky-bird that she knew was causing that movement, ... But she preferred to watch for the shadow of the little dicky-bird. ..."

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