Meanings
plural trip tics
- A map, with the route to follow highlighted.
Their guide will also consult an index card file in the map room, known as the "trip tics" file.
1974, Scouting, page 443 more examples
When they read two books and turned in a written report they were given a trip tic for the next town (including information about the town with Scripture references) and a dot was placed on the map to indicate that they had visited there.
1979, Church and Synagogue Libraries - Volumes 13-15He says Your Word, God I have laid before me--- kind of like the treasure map or the trip tic of my life.
2004, John Barnett, Discipline Yourself for Godliness: The Power of A Word Filled Life, →ISBNEvery team needs a mission. This mission may or may not come with a handy "plan" or highlighted "trip-tic" attached. they're going.
2010, Leonard Sweet, AquaChurch 2.0: Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture, →ISBN
Origin
Likely a genericized form of AAA's TripTik travel planners, developed in 1937; the original product may be a pun on triptych or a shortened form of trip ticket.
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