Standard e-mail from Dicky (9)
I believe the answer is:
oriflamme
'standard' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'e-mail from dicky' is the wordplay.
'dicky' indicates an anagram (dicky can mean ill or non-functioning).
'e'+'mail'+'from'='emailfrom'
'emailfrom' anagrammed gives 'ORIFLAMME'.
(Other definitions for oriflamme that I've seen before include "Knight's standard (hist.)" , "French flag" , "Banner" .)