dicky-bird

See also: dicky bird

English

Alternative forms

dickey-bird, dicky bird, dickybird, dickie bird

Noun

dicky-bird (plural dicky-birds)

(hypocoristic) 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.
(idiomatic, Britain, in negative constructions) An insignificant sound or thing.
We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.
(Cockney rhyming slang) word

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