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词汇 bicky
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Definition of bicky in English:

bicky

(also bikky)
nounPlural bickiesˈbɪki
informal
  • A biscuit.

    〈非正式〉饼干

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can join them on Saturday and Sunday between 10 am to 4.30 pm for coffee, tea and bikkies.
    • So if things get dire, I might need some bikkies to keep me going, along with that cuppa.
    • She brings us some bickies and cakes and some meat and five shillings on every birthday.
    • Instead of tea and bikkies, there were nice Sheraton-style finger sandwiches.
    • Next we had the amazing dark chocolate mousse with a cashew crust served with coconut sorbet and their dark chocolate 'bikkies' which were also featured on their specials boards.
    • He wants to know if I am having bickies with my tea and if so what kind.
    • Yes, although just what kind of bikkies is a subject of dispute at the moment; whether they're chocolate teddy-bears, shortbread creams, no-one is quite sure.
    • ‘I got plenty of food and bickies for Dogs,’ Adele mused, motioning to the tins of dog meat and large bag of dry food.
    • He suddenly smelled the aroma of his favourite chocolate bikkies wafting up the stairs.
    • No, she didn't even attempt to get up. She was cradled like a baby for four hours and she didn't move except to have hot chocolate and bickies and I fed them to her.
    • As soon as they heard there was a storm brewing they invited him up to the top floor with tea and bikkies with the chiefs.
    • That shelf's for spreads, that one's for spices, that one's for sauces, that one's for bickies.
    • For example, if he's hungry he'll say something like "I want a bicky please, mum"
    • And for the information of certain individuals: guys… you only have to eat the bikkies and drink the milk.
    • First time it happened, he explained he had fallen asleep while eating bikkies, and that a trail of ants had started crawling all over him.

Phrases

  • big bickies

    • informal A large sum of money.

      〈澳,非正式〉一大笔钱,大把钞票

      just showing up is worth big bickies

      仅仅露个面就可以赚大把大把的钞票。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • For some reason I didn't earn the big bickies, and commuting and lots of standing didn't really suit the heels.
      • The system I am talking about building is small potatoes compared with a big telescope, but it is still big bickies here in Australia.
      • Both cases are big bikkies, the two largest tax cases ever to come to court here.
      • If this turned out to be true, with 300 million portions of fish and chips served every year, they could be making big bickies.
      • To be honest, if I had to spend big bickies for a book I'd rather go the whole hog, spend a decent amount, and get a nice, special edition.
      Synonyms
      fortune, considerable sum of money, large sum of money, vast sum of money, millions, billions

Origin

1930s: diminutive of biscuit.

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