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Definition of Tickies
1. ticky [n] - See also: ticky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tickies
Literary usage of Tickies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1903)
"... like a location Kaffir wid two tickies in his pocket. ' Well, by'n'by he come
to de place, an' he hear King Lion a-roarin' fit to shake de wind, ..."
2. Christina Forsyth of Fingoland: The Story of the Loneliest Woman in Africa by William Pringle Livingstone (1919)
"They came to bid her farewell, giving her " tickies "—threepenny-pieces— to keep
them in remembrance. One of these was also sent to their old missionary, ..."
3. A Descriptiv List of Books for the Young by William Maccrillis Griswold (1895)
"It is one of those historical snatches throu which runs a narro vein of personal,
fictitious narrativ which gently tickies our appetite for ..."
4. Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan (1904)
"... an' he look at Ou' Wolf as if he ought to drop two tickies in de bag next time
he goes to church, like an ole dopper farmer when de rain save de crop. ..."
5. Minutes of Evidence, with Index: Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by by Custom Tariff Commission, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) (1908)
"In Kimberley they have no pennies, and it is all " tickies," and consequently
the Colonial candle has to be retailed at 6d. The consumer will not pay the ..."
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