Usually means: Informal term for something unreliable.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Dicky:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. dicky: Merriam-Webster
  2. dicky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dicky, dicky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dicky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dicky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dicky, dicky: Wordnik
  7. dicky, dicky (bow): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Dicky, dicky: Wiktionary
  9. dicky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dicky: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. dicky: Dictionary.com
  12. dicky: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Dicky (name), Dicky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Dicky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. dicky: Rhymezone
  16. Dicky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. dicky: FreeDictionary.org
  18. dicky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. dicky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. dicky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dicky: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky, dicky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. dicky: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. dicky: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dicky)

noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
noun:  (colloquial) A louse.
noun:  (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
noun:  A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
noun:  (slang, dated) A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
noun:  (dated) A seat behind a carriage or early motor car, for a servant.
noun:  (dated) A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
noun:  (South Asia) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
noun:  (historical) A leather apron for a gig, etc.
noun:  A small bird; a dicky-bird.
noun:  (idiomatic, UK, in negative constructions) An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
noun:  (UK, military slang) A pilot.
noun:  (UK, dialect) A hedge sparrow.
noun:  (UK, dialect) A donkey.
noun:  A haddock.
adjective:  (colloquial) doubtful, troublesome; in poor condition
adjective:  (informal, vulgar) like a dick, foolish or obnoxious

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