Dicky bird

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.noun(hypocoristic) A small bird.

"Simple Simon went a hunting, He thought he could not fail, For to catch a Dickie Bird, For he’d got a little salt to put upon his tail."

2.noun(from Cockney rhyming slang, used especially in negative constructions) A word; a small sound or thing.

"I peeked into the cellar but there was nothing there. Not a dicky-bird."

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