English Explanatory Dictionary

Tricky Dick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Nickname for Richard Nixon (1913–1994), president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

Word forms

Tricky Dick

Etymology

Coined in the 1950 United States Senate election in California due to allegations Nixon was deliberately misrepresenting himself as a Democrat. Later associated with the Watergate scandal.

Derived words

Tricky Tony
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