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ticky tacky

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tic⋅ky-tack⋅y

  [tik-ee-tak-ee] Informal.
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–adjective
1. shoddy and unimaginatively designed; flimsy and dull: a row of new, ticky-tacky bungalows.
2. tacky 2 .
–noun
3. ticky-tacky material or something made of it, esp. housing.
Also, ticky-tack.

Origin:
1960–65; gradational compound based on tacky 2
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ticky-tacky [ˈtɪkitæki]

  1. n.
    cheap and shabby material. : Those houses are just made of ticky-tacky, and they won't even be here in twenty years.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ticky tacky 
"inferior, cheap material," 1962 (in song "Little Boxes"), reduplication of tacky.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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