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单词 tickey
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Definition of tickey in English:

tickey

nounPlural tickeysˈtɪkiː
South African informal

  • A small silver threepenny piece, withdrawn from circulation in 1961.

    〈南非〉三便士（硬币）（1961年停止流通）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had a projector in his room at home and, turning his bedroom into a cinema, he charged his sisters a tickey to watch a movie.
    • In 1949 the fare increased to a tickey (three pennies), and there was a riot.
    • The meters have universal slots which allow the use of tickeys, sixpences and shillings.
    • The ‘tickey’ might become a quarter-shilling, but existing names, though incongruous, would probably linger.
    • One day she heard him telling the servant to go to the fresh produce market and ‘buy a tickey's worth of mixed fruit, but not too many watermelons!’
    Synonyms
    very small sum, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum

Origin

Of unknown origin.
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