dick : Idioms & Phrases
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clever dick
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noun an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
clever clogs.
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dick fosbury
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noun United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)
Fosbury; Richard D. Fosbury.
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dick test
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noun a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever
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dick turpin
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noun English highwayman (1706-1739)
Turpin.
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house dick
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noun a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
house detective; hotel detective.
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sleepy dick
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noun common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States
Ornithogalum umbellatum; summer snowflake; starflower.
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slippery dick
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noun small wrasse of tropical Atlantic
Halicoeres bivittatus.
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spotted dick
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noun a suet pudding containing currants
