dicky
adjective/ˈdɪki/
/ˈdɪki/
(British English, old-fashioned, informal)- 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.Want to learn more?
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