tickey box en · NOUN
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).
Meanings
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(South-Africa, slang) A payphone.
“Come with us. Father may even have some coins for another tickey box. One that works,” Vusi said with mirth.
2018, Kate S. Richards, Trainsurfer:[…] He phones his mother in Hopetown every afternoon from the tickey box in the hostel.'
2002, Michiel Heyns, The Children's Day, Jonathan Ball Publishers, published 2002, →ISBN, page 81:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tickey boxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ticky box | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tickey-box | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ticky-box | alternative | lexicographic |