Definitions
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- noun   Plural form of dickie .
- noun   Plural form of dicky .
- noun plurale tantum, Geordie, pejorative  Head lice or nits .
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Examples
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								And like those fake turtlenecks called dickies, some people love them. 
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								You know, I mean, I wore dickies and Ben Davis shirts and derby jackets and flipped-up baseball caps and Chuck Taylors and with, you know, a pile of bleach on top of your head. 
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								The new workers' wages are federally regulated, but employers offered many perks, such as free hair waving, Friday movies, and company-supplied dickies. 
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								My mother loved dickies, and my sister and I had them in all colors and styles and wore them until about 1964 when everything changed. 
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								The new workers' wages are federally regulated, but employers offered many perks, such as free hair waving, Friday movies, and company-supplied dickies. May 2010 2010 
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								The new workers' wages are federally regulated, but employers offered many perks, such as free hair waving, Friday movies, and company-supplied dickies. 
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								The new workers' wages are federally regulated, but employers offered many perks, such as free hair waving, Friday movies, and company-supplied dickies. April 2010 2010 
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								Please, no Ugg boots or turtlenecks (feel free to make your own joke about dickies; am I the only one who really calls them that?). Tighty Whities With the Mail pabba 2008 
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								My mother loved dickies, and my sister and I had them in all colors and styles and wore them until about 1964 when everything changed. 
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								Me: tattoos, black dickies... fumbling and trying to figure out what wouldn't sound corny. Nether Mind the Bulwarks: Awash With Bikes BikeSnobNYC 2009 
bilby commented on the word dickies
Dickieeees!
May 17, 2018