Obviously not a fake turtleneck (aka a dickey) as it can be seen poking out a shirtsleeve. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
I hate that word, "dickey," but if I say "fichu," will anyone know what that means?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-05-01] Reference
A "dickey"; the coat had white celluloid cuffs pinned in the sleeves at the wrists. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
"Say you're dickey on your pins," laughed Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Pierce through frock-coat and dickey right into the soul!. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
"I can't do that unless I read the balance from the dickey," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Humble Elias thinks he has a dickey heart, hence his all-fired hurry. From Wordnik.com. [The Chimes at Midnight] Reference
‘I’ve arranged it all; Sam and I will share the dickey between us. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
PLANTIN: They dressed in black dickey uniforms with a patch of star of David. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2006] Reference
Nathalie: One could make a good argument for the Elizabethan partlet being a proto-dickey. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Pattern Story and Sale - A Dress A Day] Reference
Later on, the fichu did the same function and could also be considered an early form of dickey. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Pattern Story and Sale - A Dress A Day] Reference
Mr. Ben Allen fell fast asleep for thirty miles, while Bob and Mr. Weller sang duets in the dickey. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
How can to sissies whip anyone. dickey Pooh was always whisked away to a secure location in any emergency. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Cheney: Telling Leahy to ‘f*ck’ himself was ‘sort of the best thing I ever did.’] Reference
I suggested she use some of that beige silk I've got leftover from my wedding dress for her collar and dickey. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-05-01] Reference
‘I hope,’ said Mr. Pickwick, ‘that our volatile friend is committing no absurdities in that dickey behind.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
Have we not ridden together to the "Markis of Granby" with old Weller on the box, and his son Samivel on the dickey?. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
Even the Lady Victoria Landauner will leave to loll and parasol, all giddied into gushgasps with her dickey standing. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
But on my unsophisticated dickey and footboard no one could doubt but that Roger and Simon were in their proper places. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829] Reference
And the dear little dickey birds caroled with glee. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
"Come awa doon," Jess shouted to him, "an 'put on a clean dickey.". From Wordnik.com. [A Window in Thrums] Reference
He pulled aside his waistcoat and she saw he was wearing a dickey. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
Then I fell out of the car and clawed at the flap of the dickey. From Wordnik.com. [Jonah and Co.] Reference
The criminals then broke open the dickey of Singh's motorcycle and looted the money. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
He was jet black, with white paws and dickey, and he had as much dignity as ten cats. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922] Reference
I remained in the dickey trade ten years, during which time I saved a hundred pounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Romany Rye] Reference
"Did the servant get off the dickey after you set out, and before the accident happened?". From Wordnik.com. [The Caxtons — Complete] Reference
Richard was driving, Chaplin, the second coachman, sitting in the dickey at the back of the low carriage. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
Constance herself bandaged his neck, and unbuttoned his waistcoat and stuck an extra flannel under his dickey. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
Mauleverer then called his favourite servant, who sat in the dickey in front (rumble-tumbles not being then in use). From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
As I climbed out of the car, seven more boys alighted from the dickey, the wings, the luggage, and the spare wheels. From Wordnik.com. [Jonah and Co.] Reference
And the main laff contribution of Zach Galifianakis, who plays Barry's eccentric colleague, is that he wears a dickey. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Springs Independent] Reference
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