tickey

English

Etymology

Dubious: Possibly from Malay tiga (“three”).

Noun

tickey (plural tickeys)

(South Africa, obsolete) A silver threepenny (2+¹⁄₂ cents from 1961) bit (last minted 1964).

Derived terms

tickey box
long tickey
tickey-draai
stops on a tickey.
half a brick and a tickey high.

Translations

silver threepenny bit

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} tiekie, ^{(please verify)} trippens

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