dicky birdn.

Brit.

/ˈdɪkɪ bəːd/, U.S.

/ˈdɪki ˌbərd/

Forms: 1700s– dicky-bird, 1800s dickey-bird, 1800s dickie-bird.

Etymology: < Dicky, hypocoristic form of Dick (see dicky n.¹) + bird n. Compare later dicky n.¹ 7.

a. colloquial. Any small bird, such as a sparrow, robin, canary, etc. Frequently in speech by or to young children. Cf. dicky n.¹ 7a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > [noun] > small

chirper1599

birdling1611

dicky bird1744

birdie1768

birdlet1823

dicky1844

cockyolly bird1857

birdikin1860

1744 London Mag. May 254/2 Arise, dear Dicky-bird! arise, And let your carols reach the skies.

1781 H. Walpole Let. 2 Jan. (1904) XI. 354 The Sphinx was a harmless dicky-bird in comparison.

1820 T. Creevey Let. 23 Jan. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. xiii. 296 Lady Jersey..is like one of her numerous gold and silver musical dickey birds.

1874 C. Reade Rose & Rue I. vi. 94 The cows, and dogs,..and sky, and sun, and children, and dickybirds..looked so bright and wideawake in the morning.

1922 J. H. Jowett God—Our Contemp. 15 I love that, don't you—all the stirrings of bunnies and dickie birds in a wood.

1948 I. Gershwin Weekend in Country in R. Kimball Compl. Lyrics I. Gershwin (1993) 360/2 A weekend in the country Dickeybirds overhead! A weekend in the country I should 'a' stood in bed!

2018 Bristol Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. We're not talking about small ‘dicky birds’ here, but pigeons..and seagulls.

b. In regional use, denoting any of various particular types of bird (see quots.). Cf. dicky n.¹ 8.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous

night-raveneOE

cold-finch1676

crane1678

diver1694

solitary1708

wheat-bird1747

yellow-bill1775

Chinese thrush1781

whidah thrush1781

tomtit1789

solitaire1797

year-bird1798

softbill1830

swift-shrike1841

scissor bird1843

seed finch1862

sea-flyer1869

stalker1872

seven sisters1873

dicky bird1879

baboon bird1883

1879 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Suppl. 127/1 Dicky bird, a general name for a canary.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 188 Oyster Catcher (Hæmatopus ostrilegus). Dickie bird (Norfolk).

1971 G. J. Casey Trad. & Neighbourhoods 134 We're goin' to have rain, listen to that dickie-bird (rooster) crowin'.

2. English regional (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire). A louse; esp. a head louse. Cf. dicky n.¹ 7b. rare.

ΚΠ

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) I. 108 Dicky-bird, a name given by children to..a louse.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) I'm sure, bairn, thou's gotten dicky-bods i' theo hëad.

3. [Rhyming slang for word n.] slang and colloquial. A word. Chiefly in negative constructions with the sense ‘any or the least utterance; anything at all’, such as not a dicky bird: not a word; nothing at all. Cf. dicky n.¹ 7c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun]

wordOE

diction1416

vocable1440

phrase1552

accent?1553

whid1567

vowel1578

mot1591

accenty1600

quatcha1635

verba1716

verbalism1787

word1825

word1843

dicky1893

vocabulary item1916

monolog1929

dicky bird1932

word-type1936

lexical item1964

lexon1964

1932 ‘P. P.’ Rhyming Slang 15 Word... Dicky bird.

1936 ‘M. Benney’ Low Company ii. 48 Didn't say a dicky bird, the poor girl didn't.

1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing vii. 108 Never said a dicky-bird about doing the place myself.

1992 Daily Mail 3 Aug. 8/1 Not a blind dickybird about what shop assistants fink of customers.

2013 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 14 At a preview screening..there was not a dickie bird from the audience but this one had them laughing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dicky bird
释义	dicky birdn. Brit. /ˈdɪkɪ bəːd/, U.S. /ˈdɪki ˌbərd/ Forms: 1700s– dicky-bird, 1800s dickey-bird, 1800s dickie-bird. Etymology: < Dicky, hypocoristic form of Dick (see dicky n.¹) + bird n. Compare later dicky n.¹ 7. 1. a. colloquial. Any small bird, such as a sparrow, robin, canary, etc. Frequently in speech by or to young children. Cf. dicky n.¹ 7a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > small chirper1599 birdling1611 dicky bird1744 birdie1768 birdlet1823 dicky1844 cockyolly bird1857 birdikin1860 1744 London Mag. May 254/2 Arise, dear Dicky-bird! arise, And let your carols reach the skies. 1781 H. Walpole Let. 2 Jan. (1904) XI. 354 The Sphinx was a harmless dicky-bird in comparison. 1820 T. Creevey Let. 23 Jan. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. xiii. 296 Lady Jersey..is like one of her numerous gold and silver musical dickey birds. 1874 C. Reade Rose & Rue I. vi. 94 The cows, and dogs,..and sky, and sun, and children, and dickybirds..looked so bright and wideawake in the morning. 1922 J. H. Jowett God—Our Contemp. 15 I love that, don't you—all the stirrings of bunnies and dickie birds in a wood. 1948 I. Gershwin Weekend in Country in R. Kimball Compl. Lyrics I. Gershwin (1993) 360/2 A weekend in the country Dickeybirds overhead! A weekend in the country I should 'a' stood in bed! 2018 Bristol Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. We're not talking about small ‘dicky birds’ here, but pigeons..and seagulls. b. In regional use, denoting any of various particular types of bird (see quots.). Cf. dicky n.¹ 8. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous night-raveneOE cold-finch1676 crane1678 diver1694 solitary1708 wheat-bird1747 yellow-bill1775 Chinese thrush1781 whidah thrush1781 tomtit1789 solitaire1797 year-bird1798 softbill1830 swift-shrike1841 scissor bird1843 seed finch1862 sea-flyer1869 stalker1872 seven sisters1873 dicky bird1879 baboon bird1883 1879 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Suppl. 127/1 Dicky bird, a general name for a canary. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 188 Oyster Catcher (Hæmatopus ostrilegus). Dickie bird (Norfolk). 1971 G. J. Casey Trad. & Neighbourhoods 134 We're goin' to have rain, listen to that dickie-bird (rooster) crowin'. 2. English regional (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire). A louse; esp. a head louse. Cf. dicky n.¹ 7b. rare. ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) I. 108 Dicky-bird, a name given by children to..a louse. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) I'm sure, bairn, thou's gotten dicky-bods i' theo hëad. 3. [Rhyming slang for word n.] slang and colloquial. A word. Chiefly in negative constructions with the sense ‘any or the least utterance; anything at all’, such as not a dicky bird: not a word; nothing at all. Cf. dicky n.¹ 7c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] wordOE diction1416 vocable1440 phrase1552 accent?1553 whid1567 vowel1578 mot1591 accenty1600 quatcha1635 verba1716 verbalism1787 word1825 word1843 dicky1893 vocabulary item1916 monolog1929 dicky bird1932 word-type1936 lexical item1964 lexon1964 1932 ‘P. P.’ Rhyming Slang 15 Word... Dicky bird. 1936 ‘M. Benney’ Low Company ii. 48 Didn't say a dicky bird, the poor girl didn't. 1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing vii. 108 Never said a dicky-bird about doing the place myself. 1992 Daily Mail 3 Aug. 8/1 Not a blind dickybird about what shop assistants fink of customers. 2013 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 14 At a preview screening..there was not a dickie bird from the audience but this one had them laughing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744
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