TICKEY

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).

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

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