dickey
- noun
- /ˈdɪki/
- Archaic
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dickey
- So most of the female students got the idea to just wear a dickey under their sweaters, and the school leadership was none the wiser!
Examples
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After driving for over a week and sleeping in my car, I licked a wreck in a blue Dickey's work shirt and green army surplus pants.
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You wouldn't have a spare dickey, would you?
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He wore a dickey under his blazer to give the appearance of a complete dress shirt.
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The actor's costume included a dickey that matched his formal jacket perfectly.
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For the formal dinner, she decided to wear a dickey instead of a full shirt.
Synonyms
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The front part of a shirt, often the formal piece worn with a tuxedo
A small piece worn at the front of a shirt to make it look like a full shirt
A small cloth piece worn under a jacket to look like a full shirt
Compounds
- Archaic
A small extra folding seat at the back of a two-seat car often open to the weather
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dickey for the shirt part began as the name for a small, detachable shirt front — a little piece worn under a jacket to look like a full shirt; that is why dickey now means a separate or false shirt front.