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1. Unreliable, faulty or not healthy
   "I've got this dicky heart";
   - dickey [Brit, informal]

1. [Brit] A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
   - dickey [Brit], dickie [Brit], dickey-seat [Brit], dickie-seat [Brit], dicky-seat [Brit]
    
2. A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
   - dickey, dickie, shirtfront
    
3. [Asia, informal] Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage, shopping or tools
   "he put his golf bag in the dicky";
   - luggage compartment [Brit], automobile trunk [N. Amer], trunk [N. Amer], dickey [Asia, informal]

Derived forms: dickiest, dickier

See also: impaired

Type of: backseat, compartment, insert, inset

Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motorcar, shirt, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Dicky