Tricky Dick

proper noun

Nickname for Richard Nixon (1913–1994), president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalslangNickname for Richard Nixon (1913–1994), president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

    Look at “Tricky Dick” Nixon's Republican Record!

    1950 June 5, Veterans Democratic Committee, “Warning to All Democrats!”, in Los Angeles Daily News

Origin

Coined in the 1950 United States Senate election in California due to allegations Nixon was deliberately misrepresenting himself as a Democrat. Later associated with the Watergate scandal.

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APA

Tricky Dick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tricky%20Dick

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“Tricky Dick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tricky%20Dick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tricky Dick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tricky%20Dick.

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