- dickey⇄dickey (1), noun, pl.-eys.
1. a shirt front that can be detached.
2. an insert worn at the neck opening of a blouse, jacket, etc..
Ex. Buttoned-in dickeys can also make cocktail necklines prim (New Yorker).
3. vestee.
4. a - dickey⇄dickey (2), adjective.
(Informal.) poor in quality or condition: unsound; shaky. Also, dicky.