dickeynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɪk.i/us/ˈdɪk.i/Indian English the covered space at the back of a car, where you can put luggage, etc.
See also
boot
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The interior of vehicles
- back seat
- brake
- dashboard
- defogger
- defroster
- dimmer switch
- dip switch
- electrics
- fascia
- footbrake
- front seat
- gas pedal
- glove compartment
- headrest
- hooter
- horn
- parking brake
- safety belt
- steering wheel
- stick shift
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Examples from literature
- As for myself, I took my station on the dickey, determined to let nothing escape me in a scene that I remembered with so much enduring delight.
- When they were in the carriage together, the maid being then stowed away in a dickey or rumble behind, Sophie again whined and was repentant.
- Within, there was a good-sized seat for the principal occupants, and outside a dickey behind, and a driving box before, though sometimes there was only one of these, and that transferable.