Dickon

D2I1C3K5O1N1
/ˈdɪkən/

proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Diccon

  1. datedA diminutive of the male given name Richard.

    Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.

    c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]
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    Dickon stood rubbing his rusty-red head with a rather puzzled look. "It's a secret garden sure enough," he said, "but seems like some one besides th' robin must have been in it since it was shut up ten year' ago."

    1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
  2. A male given name.
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