DICKY BIRD


Meaning of DICKY BIRD in English

noun

( BrE ) (used by or when speaking to young children) a bird

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IDIOMS

- not say, hear, etc. a dicky bird

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WORD ORIGIN

This idiom is from rhyming slang, in which 'dicky bird' stands for 'word'.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.