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...Dekka (or dik) stems from both the Hindustani and Romany (gypsy) languages. Common in the British Army in India since 1890, dikka was brought back to Britain by returning soldiers, gradually passed into cockney speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Name for TV Wanted | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

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