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Definition of dicky adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dicky

adjective
 
/ˈdɪki/
 
/ˈdɪki/
(British English, old-fashioned, informal)
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  1. not healthy; not working correctly
    • a dicky heart
    Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘almost over’): perhaps from the given name Dick, in the old saying as queer as Dick's hatband.
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