dicky-bird

noun — 3 senses

dicky-bird

noun

1

Familiar A small bird.

The Swan and the Dickey-bird: A Fable.
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

UK, Informal, From Cockney rhyming slang A word; a brief chat.

Used especially in negative constructions

We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.

3

UK, Informal A small thing.

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

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