dicky up
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Register: slang
Examples
The way they dicky up the corpse in the fancy funeral parlours today, with cosmetics and other tricks of the trade, and dressed in the best clothes, one would think they were trying to tell you what Our Lord said about the little daughter of Jairus, 'She is not dead but sleeping.'
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “dicky up” mean?
To adorn, dress up, spruce up.
Is “dicky up” formal or informal?
dicky up is generally slang.