Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tickey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tick-ey
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Obsolete

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

tickeys (plural)

Phrases

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

Questions

What does tickey mean?
A silver threepenny (2+¹⁄₂ cents from 1961) bit (last minted 1964).
Where does tickey come from?
Dubious: Possibly from Malay tiga (“three”).

How to pronounce tickey

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