10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DICKYBIRD»
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Tom and his little sister, Polly discover a huge, colourful parrot in their kitchen called Mister Macaw.
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
not to say a dickybird (abouts.th.) gicks:weder gicks nochgacks wissen/verstehen/
sagen Laut:keinenLautvon sichgeben Piep: keinen Piepsagen Pieps:
keinenPieps(mehr)vonsich geben sagen:nicht (mehr) piep(und nicht papp)
sagen ...
Professor Hans Schemann,
2013
... especially in health, and likely to fail or suffer from problems: Grandad'
sgotadickyheart. dickybird /"dIk.i.b3;d/ /-b;d/ "noun [C] uk child's word a small bird
"idiom not a dickybird old-fashioned informal nothingat all: We haven't heard a
dickybird ...
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
20thcentury. dickybird 1 a word, as in Ineversaid a dickybird. Rhyming slang.
Late 19th–20th centuries.2in not a dickybird, nothing, as in 'Can yousee anything
?' 'Not adickybird.' Sincearound 1920orearlier. dida, dida,dida a mocking burden
to ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson,
2003
I" Dickybird—his real name was Sparrow vhad not bought the “Daily Argus” on
that bright and sunny day, we should never have embarked on the adventure nor
recognised the desperate criminal when we encountered him. ~ “'e were staying
...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
d/ >-noun [C] uk child's word a small bird ▻ idiom not a dickybird old-fashioned
informal nothing at all: We haven 't heard a dickybird from (= spoken to or
received a letter from) Riza recently. dicky (bow) noun [C] uk informal for bow tie ...
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The Girl from Pinchinara
Want to take a dickybird?' Emma was concerned, but also amused. Onlyin
Australia; well, perhaps also in London, would a complete stranger use rhyming
slang to call a 'look' a 'chook', then change that into 'a dickybird'.Yet strangely the
...
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Good words, ed. by N. Macleod
My dear old Dickybird, her feathers are painted, and she serves at a station, and
has about a score of sweethearts. Thus bad begins, but worse remains behind.—
Shakespeare. There was a gent who bought a Star, and my lady said she never ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
G. Greene. dickybird esp. Br. 1. (used esp. by or to children) any small bird: He
wished that he were a dickybirdK. Vonnegut, Jr.2. (usu.in negatives) a word,
anything / e.g. notto saya dickybird. dicty Am.(used by blacks) pretentious. diddle
1.
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The People's Press and Monthly Historical Newspaper
Miss Jane Dickybird was in love with him ; aye, and many a miss, and many a
maiden, and many a man must have loved the little being who stole on so
waywardly, but still so interestingly, through five long numbers, and thought the
author “ a ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DICKYBIRD»
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Greengrocer fears for future after Devizes market changes
dickybird says... 2:04pm Wed 18 Mar 15. In another article in the G and H you are stating that coach companies will be visiting Devizes The ... «Swindon Advertiser, Mar 15»
Fears for future of village pub
Fears for future of village pub. dickybird says... 6:23pm Wed 4 Mar 15. lets hope something is done soon and it does not get in the same state as the Stagepost in ... «The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, Mar 15»
Council cuts vital Connect2Wiltshire hospital bus to save £130k
dickybird says... I have used this bus on several occasions It was a boon as I dont know Bath and needed treatment at the hospital. , By cutting ... «The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, Feb 15»
Trout Infestation
Or is it just another dumb dickybird that eats trout food? When my grandchildren come to visit we do “'tend” fishing,” “'tend” being their contraction of “pretend. «Fly Rod & Reel Magazine, Jan 15»
Bankruptcies skyrocket across Fraser Coast
dickybird - Dundowran Beach 7 months ago. Attention Councillers. ... dickybird - Dundowran Beach 7 months ago. Awaken O ye masses that ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Nov 14»
Royal Navy pull out from Windmill Hill monitoring of British Gibraltar …
After a week nothing has been said, not even a dickybird from the Governor who has some responsibility for security! I wish the GDP Good Luck ... «Panorama, Jul 14»
Croom Jan 25
Tony Sheehan as Dickybird/British Sergeant. Jim Chawlke as Mickle Sherlock. Patsy Power as Poll-Poll Sherlock.John Bennett as British ... «Limerick Leader, Jan 14»
X Factor 2013: What's the winner's single we hear you ask...Is this …
... we normally have a bit of an idea, a hint or a clue about the X Factor winner's single but this year there has not been so much as a dickybird! «Unreality TV, Dec 13»
Insurers split over value of chartered status
“I haven't heard a dickybird from any insurer about becoming chartered and, if I did, I would engage with them.” He added that firms would be more encouraged ... «Insurance Age, Mar 13»
London residents launch legal bid to stop Olympic missiles
He continued, “There are 117 flats in that building and no-one heard a dickybird about this until the beginning of May. They were leafleted on a ... «RT, Jun 12»