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 Dickey, Dicky  (?), n.
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    1. A false detachable shirt front or bosom. [Also spelled dickie.]

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    2. A gentleman's shirt collar. [Local, U. S.]

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    3. A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat. [Slang]

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    4.  (a) A seat for the driver (In a carriage); -- called also dickey box or dickie seat. (b) A seat at the back for servants.

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    5.  One of various animals; specif.: (a) A donkey. (b) Any small bird; -- called also dickeybird or dickey bird. [Colloq.] (c) The hedge sparrow. [Dial. Eng.] (d) The haddock.

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dickie n.
    1. A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. [British English]

    Syn. -- dickey, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box.

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    2. An article of clothing worn by men, consisting of a detachable insert (usually starched), worn suspended from the neck, which simulates the front of a shirt.

    Syn. -- dickey, dicky, shirtfront.

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Haddock (-dŭk), n. [OE. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zool.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.

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    Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.

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