tickey box

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tickey box

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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).

noun tickey boxes · tickey-box · ticky box · ticky-box

South Africa, slang A payphone. […] He phones his mother in Hopetown every afternoon from the tickey box in the hostel.'

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@misc{tickey_box_2026,
  title = {tickey box},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tickey%20box},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}