| 单词 | tickey box |
| 释义 | > as lemmastickey box tickey box n. †(a) a piggy bank (obsolete rare); (b) (originally) the coin box in a public telephone; (in later use chiefly) a public telephone.A local call made from a public telephone originally cost threepence. ΚΠ 1923 Farmer's Weekly (S. Afr.) 4 Apr. (Homestead Suppl.) 23/2 We have even had to raid the tickey-box to pay our fare into town when a visit to the bank has become imperative! 1963 L. F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 150 On the Witwatersrand, the raiding of tickey boxes in telephone booths by thieves..costs the Post Office more than £5 500 a year. 1976 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 8 June 3 [She] was apparently allowed to fix the telephones. ‘I just go off in my bakkie on my own looking for all those tickey boxes you can't find.’ 1985 P. Slabolepszy Sat. Night at Palace 11 Forsie..(Spotting the public phone) Come on—there's a tickey box. Go phone. 2013 T. Rosema Kaleidoscope 109 My mother, naturally, refused to use a tickey box. She insisted on having a telephone at home. < as lemmas |
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