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dickery

dickery noun: dickishness, dickish behavior.

Noun

dickery (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Dickishness, dickish behavior.

Origin of dickery

From dick + -ery.

Questions about dickery

What does dickery mean?
Dickery means dickishness, dickish behavior.
What part of speech is dickery?
Dickery is a noun.

Words near dickery in the dictionary

  1. Dickermann
  2. dickerod
  3. dickerods
  4. dickers
  5. Dickerson
  6. dickery
  7. Dickeson
  8. dickey
  9. Dickey County
  10. Dickey Sam
  11. Dickey Sams

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