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单词 not a dicky bird
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not a dicky bird
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.
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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.
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