dicky
noun/ˈdɪki/
Frequency rank: #16,681 most common English word
Meaning
a detachable shirt front worn to give the appearance of a full shirt; also an informal word for something shaky or unreliable.
Example sentence
He wore his best shirt and dicky to the formal dinner.
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