tickey

noun

a South African threepenny piece, which was replaced by the five-cent coin in 1961

Word Origin

of uncertain origin

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Examples from the Web for tickey

Historical Examples

The customary unit of expenditure is the threepenny-bit or “tickey.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4
Various
There are very schelm Boers in these mountains, and whoever tried to stir up that affair his life would not be worth a tickey.
Aletta
Bertram Mitford
This from the grinning woolly head of Tickey, inserted through the open doorway.
The Triumph of Hilary Blachland
Bertram Mitford
A threepenny piece is there called "a tickey," and till the troops arrived that was the lowest coin in use.
With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back
Edward P. Lowry
That the value given for the humble "tickey" was good the success of the scheme proved beyond contention.
The Siege of Kimberley
T. Phelan

tickey

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for tickey

Historical Examples

The customary unit of expenditure is the threepenny-bit or “tickey.”

There are very schelm Boers in these mountains, and whoever tried to stir up that affair his life would not be worth a tickey.

This from the grinning woolly head of Tickey, inserted through the open doorway.

A threepenny piece is there called "a tickey," and till the troops arrived that was the lowest coin in use.

That the value given for the humble "tickey" was good the success of the scheme proved beyond contention.