Dickey -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 5757
Housing Units (2000): 2656
Land area (2000): 1131.000015 sq. miles (2929.276466 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.658918 sq. miles (27.606471 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1141.658933 sq. miles (2956.882937 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.103471 N, 98.452616 W
Headwords: Dickey Dickey, ND Dickey County Dickey County, ND

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
 

Dickey, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 57
Housing Units (2000): 31
Land area (2000): 0.218560 sq. miles (0.566067 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.218560 sq. miles (0.566067 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19580
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.536315 N, 98.469659 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58431
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Dickey, ND Dickey

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Dickey \Dick"ey\, Dicky \Dick"y\, n. 1.

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

[1913 Webster]

3. A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

dickeybird

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

dickey adj : (British informal) faulty; "I've got this dicky heart"- John le Carre [syn: dicky]

noun

1: a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater [syn: dickie, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat]
2: a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt [syn: dickie, dicky, shirtfront]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Dickey \Dick"ey\,

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dickey \Dick"ey\, Dicky \Dick"y\, n.

1. A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.

2. A false shirt front or bosom.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)