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tickey
/ ˈtɪkɪ /
noun
- a South African threepenny piece, which was replaced by the five-cent coin in 1961
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tickey1
of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
There are very schelm Boers in these mountains, and whoever tried to stir up that affair his life would not be worth a tickey.
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That the value given for the humble "tickey" was good the success of the scheme proved beyond contention.
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The customary unit of expenditure is the threepenny-bit or “tickey.”
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A threepenny piece is there called "a tickey," and till the troops arrived that was the lowest coin in use.
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This from the grinning woolly head of Tickey, inserted through the open doorway.
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