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Adjective: dickey  dikee
Usage: Brit
  1. (informal) faulty
    - dicky [Brit]
Noun: dickey  dikee
  1. [Brit] A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
    - dickie [Brit], dicky [Brit], dickey-seat [Brit], dickie-seat [Brit], dicky-seat [Brit]
     
  2. A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
    - dickie, dicky, shirtfront
     
  3. [Asia] Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
    - luggage compartment, automobile trunk [N. Amer], trunk [N. Amer], boot [Brit], dicky [Asia]

Derived forms: dickeys

See also: impaired

Type of: backseat, compartment, insert, inset

Part of: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar, shirt

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