Dickey

bad, sorry, or foolish; food or lodging is pronounced DICKEY when of a poor description; “very DICKEY ”, very inferior; “it’s all DICKEY with him,” i.e. , all over with him. Dickey , formerly the cant for a worn-out shirt, but nowadays used for a front or half-shirt. Dickey was originally “tommy” (from the Greek, τομή, a section), a name which was formerly used in Trinity College, Dublin. The students are said to have invented the term, and love of change and circumlocution soon changed it to DICKEY , in which dre it is supposed to have been imported into England.