Dick·ey, Dick·y  n.
  1. 1. A false detachable shirt front or bosom. [Also spelled dickie.]
  2. A gentleman's shirt collar. [Local, U. S.]
  3. A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat. [Slang]
  4.  (a) A seat for the driver (In a carriage); -- called also dickey box or dickie seat. (b) A seat at the back for servants.
  5.  One of various animals; specif.: (a) A donkey. (b) Any small bird; -- called also dickeybird or dickey bird. [Colloq.] (c) The hedge sparrow. [Dial. Eng.] (d) The haddock.
     I've got this dicky heart --John le Carre
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  dicky
       adj : (British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"- John
             le Carre [syn: dickey]
       n 1: a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned
            two-seater [syn: dickey, dickie, dickey-seat, dickie-seat,
             dicky-seat]
       2: a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the
          front of a shirt [syn: dickey, dickie, shirtfront]