dickie

A noun with two distinct meanings: a small, often fold-down third seat located in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater car; or a man's detachable, often starched insert worn to simulate the front of a shirt.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo com dois sentidos principais: um pequeno assento auxiliar, muitas vezes rebatível, situado na traseira de um carro esportivo antigo de dois lugares; ou um peitilho masculino removível, frequentemente engomado, que imita a frente de uma camisa.

1. Detachable shirt front C1 formal british

   A man's detachable insert, often starched, worn to simulate the front of a shirt, typically under a jacket or vest.

   • He wore a dickie under his tuxedo to save on laundry.
   • The old gentleman's dickie was perfectly starched and white.
   • In the 19th century, a dickie was a practical alternative to a full shirt.

   🇵🇹Peitilho

   Sinônimos: dickey

2. Small rear seat C1 informal american

   A small, often foldable third seat located in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater car, also known as a rumble seat.

   • The children loved riding in the dickie of the vintage roadster.
   • He folded down the dickie to give his friends a ride.
   • The old Ford had a dickie that could fit two small passengers.

   🇵🇹Assento dobrável traseiro

   Sinônimos: dickey-seatdicky-seatrumble seat

• dickies plural form
• dickies' possessive plural form
• dickie's possessive singular form