dickybird


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dickybird

(ˈdɪkɪˌbɜːd) or

dickeybird

n
1. See dicky15
2. not a dickybird informal not a word; nothing: I haven't heard a dickybird from them.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dickybird - small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds
dickeybird, dickey-bird, dicky-bird
bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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Translations

dickybird

n (Brit, baby-talk) → Piepmatz m (baby-talk); I haven’t heard a dickybird from him (inf) → ich habe keinen Ton von ihm gehört
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