English Explanatory Dictionary

Dick's hatband

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used in similes as an intensifier, indicating someone or something is extremely strange, tight, etc.

Word forms

Dick's hatband Nick's hatband

Etymology

Unknown; theories include reference to some local figure named Dick or Nick; to Satan (cf. Old Nick and dickens); and to Richard Cromwell.

Derived words

as fine as Dick's hatband as queer as Dick's hatband as tight as Dick's hatband queer as Dick's hatband tighter than Dick's hatband
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