tickey-box

A form of tickey box — A payphone.

Meanings

nountickey-box (plural tickey-boxes)

plural tickey-boxes

  1. South AfricaalternativeslangAlternative spelling of tickey box.

    But Judy phoned Justin soon after lunch, from a tickey-box.

    1993, André Brink, An Act of Terror, Vintage International, →ISBN, page 301
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APA

tickey-box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickey-box

MLA

“tickey-box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickey-box. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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