dicky-bird

See also: dicky bird

English

Alternative forms

• dickey-bird, dicky bird, dickybird, dickie bird

Noun

dicky-bird (plural dicky-birds)

1. (hypocoristic) A small bird.

   The Swan and the Dickey-bird: A Fable.

   Simple Simon went a hunting, He thought he could not fail, For to catch a Dickie Bird, For he’d got a little salt to put upon his tail.

2. (British, informal, from Cockney rhyming slang, used especially in negative constructions) A word; a small sound or thing.

   We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.

   I peeked into the cellar but there was nothing there. Not a dicky-bird.