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Catchword for “tick-tacker”
Catchword: tick-tacker
Part of Speechn.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: They were the days of meat pies and trams, of the Flat and the Leger. Tick-tackers. “You could sit on the sidelines and watch forever,” said Bert.
Article or Document Title:
“How Two Fingers Strode The Turf”
Author:
Steve Crawley
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Sun Herald
Publishing Location:
Sydney, Australia
Date of Publication:
May 1, 1988
Page Number:
110
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