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tickety-boo

[ tik-i-tee-boo ]

adjective

, Chiefly British Informal: Older Use.


tickety-boo

/ ˌtɪkɪtɪˈbuː /

adjective

  1. old-fashioned.
    as it should be; correct; satisfactory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tickety-boo1

First recorded in 1935–40; perhaps expressive alteration of the phrase that's the ticket, using ticket in the informal sense “the proper thing, advisable thing,” or perhaps from Hindi ṭhīk hai “It’s all right,” or ṭhīk hai, bābū, “It’s all right, Sir”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tickety-boo1

C20: of obscure origin

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