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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • "Dickon," cried she, in her high, sharp tone, "another coal for my pipe!"

    Short Stories of Various Types Various

  • "Dickon," cried she, in her high, sharp tone, "another coal for this pipe."

    Short Stories of Various Types Various

  • "Dickon," cried she, in her high, sharp tone, "another coal for this pipe!"

    Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • "Dickon," she said, "you are as nice as Martha said you were.

    The Secret Garden 1911

  • "Dickon," she said, "you are as nice as Martha said you were.

    The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911

  • "Dickon," she said, "you are as nice as Martha said you were.

    The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • 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

  • 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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