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dicky-bird en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (familiar) A small bird.
    • The Swan and the Dickey-bird: A Fable.
    • Simple Simon went a hunting, He thought he could not fail, For to catch a Dickie Bird, For he’d got a little salt to put upon his tail.
  2. (UK, from Cockney rhyming slang, informal, used especially in negative constructions) A word; a brief chat.
    • We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.
  3. (UK, informal) A small thing.
    • I peeked into the cellar but there was nothing there. Not a dicky-bird.

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