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- noun Plural form of
dickey .
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Examples
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I bought 3 of these little "dickeys" I think you'd call them, from Kathleen Norris (you can google that), but I don't think they sell them any more.
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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The shirts were whitened shams, as they lay, no more than so many "dickeys," in a row, for when unfolded it was found that they had lost their tails, long since the prey of cockroaches or bedding for the young of mice; collars, when severed from their fray, were sadly diminished in height, and the overhauling of the boot department revealed the fact that there was nothing that would bear a more critical eye than that of "The Community."
From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India Arthur Louis Keyser 1890
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We bought hip huggers, double-breasted sweaters and jackets, anything that was Mod, turtlenecks, dickeys, and what were then called Beatle boots, which we spray-painted gold.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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We bought hip huggers, double-breasted sweaters and jackets, anything that was Mod, turtlenecks, dickeys, and what were then called Beatle boots, which we spray-painted gold.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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We bought hip huggers, double-breasted sweaters and jackets, anything that was Mod, turtlenecks, dickeys, and what were then called Beatle boots, which we spray-painted gold.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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Weirdly, I don't like real dickeys, but give me a faker version of an essentially fake thing, and I'm all over it.
June 2008 2008
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Weirdly, I don't like real dickeys, but give me a faker version of an essentially fake thing, and I'm all over it.
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Ladies in pleated dickeys were being shown a line of oil paintings that hung in a long hallway, illuminated behind candles in sconces.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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Ladies in pleated dickeys were being shown a line of oil paintings that hung in a long hallway, illuminated behind candles in sconces.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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Ladies in pleated dickeys were being shown a line of oil paintings that hung in a long hallway, illuminated behind candles in sconces.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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