English Explanatory Dictionary

tickey box

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A payphone.

Word forms

tickey box tickey boxes tickey-box ticky box ticky-box

Etymology

From tickey, obsolete South African slang for a threepenny coin (the cost of a payphone call at the time of the term's origin), and box (telephone kiosk).

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