2. Proper noun. (surname from=given names dot=) derived from (term Dick). ¹
3. Noun. (plural of dick) ¹
4. Verb. (third-person singular of dick) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dicks
1. dick [n] - See also: dick
Literary usage of Dicks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1883)
"William dicks executed a general assignment of all his estates and effects to
William Roberts for the benefit of his creditors, " in like manner as if the ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... (dicks.),* differing chiefly in the longer and more pointed cylindrical-oblong
or fusiform-clavate involucres, which in the latter species are commonly ..."
3. Forges and Furnaces in the Province of Pennsylvania by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Pennsylvania (1914)
"In starting this forge, about 1755, on a branch of Co- dorus Creek, Peter dicks,1
of Chester County, opened ore mines along the Southeast slope of the ..."
4. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"dicks. dicks. 8. 10. Crust composed of 2 layers, the under one wrinkled, ...
dicks, iii. 14. L. Saucers black, bordered by the crust and sunk into it: ..."
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