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| dickens | (n) English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870), Syn. Charles John Huffam Dickens, Charles Dickens |
| dickensian | (adj) of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions) |
| dicker | (v) negotiate the terms of an exchange, Syn. bargain, Example: We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar |
| dickey | (n) a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater, Syn. dicky, dicky-seat, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dickie |
| dickey | (n) a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt, Syn. shirtfront, dickie, dicky |
| dickeybird | (n) small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds, Syn. dickey-bird, dicky-bird, dickybird |
| Dickens | n. or interj. [ Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins. ] The devil. [ A vulgar euphemism. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dicker | v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [ U.S. ] “Ready to dicker. and to swap.” Cooper. |
| Dicker | n. [ Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten. ] A dicker of cowhides. Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| dickey bird | |
| Dicke { f } | fatness [Add to Longdo] |
| Dicke { f } | thickness [Add to Longdo] |
| Dicke { f }; Breite { f } | gauge [Add to Longdo] |
| Dickenlehre { f } | thickness gauge [Add to Longdo] |
| Dickenmesser { m } | thickness tester [Add to Longdo] |
| dickes Ende | butt [Add to Longdo] |
| dicke Scheibe { f } (Brot; Fleisch) | Scheiben { pl } | slab | slabs [Add to Longdo] |
| dickes Stück; Brocken { m } | chunk [Add to Longdo] |
| dicke Freunde sein [ übtr. ] | to get on like a house of fire [Add to Longdo] |
| dicker Geldbeutel | fat purse [Add to Longdo] |
| Dicke Luft! | Trouble's brewing! [Add to Longdo] |