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dick n Cp EDD ~ sb1 1 (2) ~ bird 'a cock bird.'
1 A rooster; also attrib; DICKY1.
M 65-1 "Betsy's Cock": Now to conclude and finish, / I hope you
will agree, / And never go cock stealing, / Above the sparrow tree. / And remember the
dark September night, / They stole poor Betsy's dick. T 139/40-65 Here's to the dick that
treads the hen. C 68-19 On Fogo Island they used to say 'May chicks brings all dicks.'
1971 Evening Telegram 17 June, p. 3 Fallin' into flesh, isn't you? All chuffed out
like a dick with the mites. C 75-140 Dick spraddle: how far a rooster could go in one
leap.
2 Phr as dead as a dick: quite dead.
1924 ENGLAND 90 'Go on; more seals!' . . Along the rail: 'Dey ahl
deed, now, cl'ar o' one young un, a-dere. Deed as a dick.'
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