tickey

/ (ˈtɪkɪ) /

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noun

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

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Word Origin for tickey

of uncertain origin

Words nearby tickey

ticket of leave, tickets, ticket scalper, ticket tout, tickety-boo, tickey, tick fever, ticking, ticklace, tickle, tickled pink

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How to use tickey in a sentence

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
That the value given for the humble "tickey" was good the success of the scheme proved beyond contention.
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan
The customary unit of expenditure is the threepenny-bit or “tickey.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
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

This from the grinning woolly head of Tickey, inserted through the open doorway.
The Triumph of Hilary Blachland|Bertram Mitford