[ˈdɪki], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a false shirt front
(e.g: a white dicky with a black string bow tie)

- a folding seat at the back of a vehicle
(e.g: the Plymouth looks great with its wooden spoked wheels and it even has the original dicky seat)

- the boot of a car
(e.g: I have to get the dent in the dicky repaired at that time)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century (denoting a petticoat): each sense probably has different origins; perhaps partly from Dicky, pet form of the given name Richard

[ˈdɪki], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a part of the body, a structure, or a device) not strong, healthy, or functioning reliably
(e.g: a pianist with a dicky heart)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century (in the sense ‘almost over’): perhaps from the given name Dick, in the old saying as queer as Dick's hatband