单词 | not a dicky bird |
释义 | > as lemmasnot 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. 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. < as lemmas |
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