dickey-seat
Noun: A small, often folding or auxiliary seat located at the rear of a vehicle, specifically a historical type of automobile designed with two primary seats. It is an additional, less comfortable seating position, typically found in early 20th-century cars like roadsters or touring cars.
The term "dickey-seat" is used to refer specifically to the extra rear seat in certain vintage automobiles. It is a historical term. - The antique roadster still had its original dickey-seat, though it was rarely used. - In those early cars, a servant or an extra passenger might ride in the dickey-seat.
- "Ride in the dickey-seat": To travel in this auxiliary seat, often implying a less comfortable or subordinate position.
- As the youngest, I always had to ride in the dickey-seat during family outings in the old car.
- Dickey (noun): A shortened, more common form of "dickey-seat."
- The car's dickey was exposed to the elements.
- Rumble seat (noun): A similar external folding seat at the rear of a car, often used interchangeably with "dickey-seat" in some regions, though technical distinctions can exist.
- Jump seat: A small folding seat, though this term is more general and can apply to aircraft or modern vehicles.
- Auxiliary seat: A general term for an extra seat.
The "dickey-seat" is a distinct feature of early automotive design, not a general term for any car's back seat. It is typically an open-air seat separate from the main passenger compartment.
- a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater