tickey

British  

/ ˈtɪkɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tickey

of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Olivier was walking his four dogs, Tickey, Ollie, Kaya and Jessie, early on Thursday when he counted 19 explosions and immediately returned to his flat.

From Reuters

Jimmy Tickey will serve as senior adviser for economic and community development, and Juliemar Ortiz will be her press secretary.

From Washington Times

One of the pitchers, Bertha Tickey, 41, has 155 no-hitters to her credit.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Now, Tickey, keep those goggle eyes of yours on what you’re doing, instead of rolling them around on everything and everybody else,” she warned, apostrophising the small boy whose entrance had been so inopportune a short time ago.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg