dicky¹ n A rooster; DICK. Also attrib.
   C 68-7 Billy had a dickey for an alarm clock. C 69-7 [They] used to use the blood from dicky-birds' combs [as] one of the best cures for canker of the mouth. 1971 CASEY 134 We're goin' to have rain, listen to that dickie-bird (rooster) crowin'.

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