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Tricky Dick

Tricky Dick proper noun: nickname for Richard Nixon (1913–1994), president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

Proper noun

Tricky Dick

  1. (historical, slang) Nickname for Richard Nixon (1913–1994), president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
    • Look at “Tricky Dick” Nixon's Republican Record!1950 June 5, Veterans Democratic Committee, “Warning to All Democrats!”, in Los Angeles Daily News

Origin of Tricky Dick

Coined in the 1950 United States Senate election in California due to allegations Nixon was deliberately misrepresenting himself as a Democrat. Later associated with the Watergate scandal.

Words formed from Tricky Dick

  • Tricky Tony

Questions about Tricky Dick

What does Tricky Dick mean?
Tricky Dick means nickname for Richard Nixon (1913–1994), president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
What part of speech is Tricky Dick?
Tricky Dick is a proper noun.

Words near Tricky Dick in the dictionary

  1. trickstresses
  2. tricksy
  3. tricktrack
  4. trickwork
  5. tricky
  6. Tricky Dick
  7. tricky racket
  8. tricky rackets
  9. tricky slave
  10. tricky slaves
  11. triclabendazole

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