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Meanings of dickey bird in English

A small bird.

Synonyms
Examples for "birdie"
Examples for "birdie"
1
Montgomerie holed a birdie putt of nearly 35 feet at the second.
The Irish Times
2
From far off I hear the sound of...a badminton birdie being hit?
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
3
Noren also blitzed his way to a birdie hat-trick from the 12th.
Reuters
4
The US boys are in a good spot for a birdie though.
The Guardian
5
A birdie two at the short par-three sixth started the birdie blitz.
The Irish Times
1
Three outside places were vacant; one behind the coachman; two on the dickey.
A Rogue's Life
2
One of them seated in the dickey looked down at me.
A Rogue's Life
3
They come running like dickey birds looking for bugs on a hippo's back.
The stand
4
It was a landaulet, with a servant mounted on the dickey.
Tales of a Traveller
5
Shure, the man who put that sthory on the dickey-back knew his business.
The Flaw in the Sapphire
Usage of dickey bird in English
1
Why go gunning for a dickey bird when you can tie up to an eagle?
The Pride of Palomar
2
They come running like dickey birds looking for bugs on a hippo's back.
The stand
3
"Yes," added Bobus, "it all came of you that poor Dickey Bird is suspected and it is all blown up."
Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood