Dicky vs. Dickie — What's the Difference?

Variant of dickey.

A woman's blouse front worn under a suit jacket or low-necked garment.

(colloquial) A louse.

A man's detachable shirt front.

(Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.

A collar for a shirt.

A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.

A child's bib or pinafore.

A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.

The driver's seat on a carriage.

(dated) A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.

A rear seat for servants on a carriage.

(dated) A seat in a carriage, for the driver.

A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car.

(South Asia) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.

An article of clothing worn by men, consisting of a detachable insert (usually starched), worn suspended from the neck, which simulates the front of a shirt.

(historical) A leather apron for a gig, etc.

A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

A small bird; a dicky-bird.

A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.

A pilot.

A hedge sparrow.

A donkey.

A haddock.

(colloquial) doubtful, troublesome; in poor condition

Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious

Faulty.

See dickey.

A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater

A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

(British informal) faulty;