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The Dickies: More Than Just Another Crazy Band From L.A.

Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 17 June 1978

Dickies n. pl. 1: Fake undershirts originating in U.S. high schools in the mid 60s, when "creeps" who wanted to look like the Beatles without overheating would wear book-sized turtleneck falsies inside their velour shirts. 2: Adventurous new L.A. band.

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