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tickey

tickey noun: a silver threepenny (2+¹⁄₂ cents from 1961) bit (last minted 1964).

Noun

tickey (plural tickeys)

  1. (South Africa, obsolete) A silver threepenny (2+¹⁄₂ cents from 1961) bit (last minted 1964).

Forms of tickey

pluraltickeys

Origin of tickey

Dubious: Possibly from Malay tiga (“three”).

Words formed from tickey

  • tickey box
  • long tickey
  • tickey-draai
  • stops on a tickey
  • half a brick and a tickey high

Phrases with tickey

Questions about tickey

What does tickey mean?
Tickey means a silver threepenny (2+¹⁄₂ cents from 1961) bit (last minted 1964).
What part of speech is tickey?
Tickey is a noun.
What is the plural of tickey?
The plural of tickey is tickeys.

Words near tickey in the dictionary

  1. tickets-of-leave
  2. ticketty-boo
  3. tickety boo
  4. tickety-boo
  5. ticketyboo
  6. tickey
  7. tickey box
  8. tickey boxes
  9. tickey-box
  10. tickey-boxes
  11. tickeys

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