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- proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven name Richard .
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Examples
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Feltram with a few comforts for the patient; and he called Dickon to the yard-gate, and I suppose told him of the arrangement; and
Uncle Silas 2003
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Doctor Jolks was kind, like most men of his calling, and undertook to send the nurse from Feltram with a few comforts for the patient; and he called Dickon to the yard-gate, and I suppose told him of the arrangement; and Milly and I went to the poor girl's door and asked, 'May we come in?'
Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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"Dickon," cried she, in her high, sharp tone, "another coal for my pipe!"
Short Stories of Various Types Various
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"Dickon," cried she, in her high, sharp tone, "another coal for this pipe."
Short Stories of Various Types Various
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"Dickon," cried she, in her high, sharp tone, "another coal for this pipe!"
Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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"Dickon," she said, "you are as nice as Martha said you were.
The Secret Garden 1911
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"Dickon," she said, "you are as nice as Martha said you were.
The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911
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"Dickon," she said, "you are as nice as Martha said you were.
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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The Sowerby family - Martha, Dickon, and their unnamed mother and ten siblings - play a large role in The Secret Garden.
Linkspam for 15-12-2009 uitlander 2009
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Left alone in the rambling hallways of Misselthwaite Manor in North Yorkshire, she is befriended by a maid named Martha (Courtney Stokes) and Martha's brother, Dickon (Alex Brightman), a talented young man who has a unique ability to communicate with plants and animals.
George Heymont: Basking in the Multiple Charms of The Secret Garden George Heymont 2011
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