tickey

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tickey (plural tickeys)

1. (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