Meanings
plural dicky-birds · alternative dickey-bird · alternative dicky bird · alternative dickybird · alternative dickie bird
- familiarA small bird.
The Swan and the Dickey-bird: A Fable.
1 more example
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.
- UKinformalA word; a brief chat.
We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.
- UKinformalA small thing.
I peeked into the cellar but there was nothing there. Not a dicky-bird.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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dicky-bird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dicky-bird
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