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Raredicky bird
The correct spelling is dicky bird.
How to pronounce dicky bird
noun
Say it like: Dik-ee -bir-d
The correct spelling is dicky bird. (hypocoristic) A small bird. For 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."
Usage Examples
“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.”
“I peeked into the cellar but there was nothing there. Not a dicky-bird.”
Definition
noun
- 1.(hypocoristic) A small bird.
- 2.(from Cockney rhyming slang, used especially in negative constructions) A word; a small sound or thing.
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