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tickety-boo

[ tik-i-tee-boo ]

adjective

Chiefly British Informal: Older Use.


tickety-boo

/ ËŒ³Ùɪ°ìɪ³Ùɪˈ²ú³ÜË /

adjective

  1. old-fashioned.
    as it should be; correct; satisfactory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tickety-boo1

First recorded in 1935–40; perhaps expressive alteration of the phrase that's the ticket, using ticket in the informal sense “the proper thing, advisable thing,†or perhaps from Hindi á¹­hÄ«k hai “It’s all right,†or á¹­hÄ«k hai, bÄbÅ«, “It’s all right, Sirâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tickety-boo1

C20: of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

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When I started, everything had to be tickety-boo.

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When I started, everything had to be tickety-boo.

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But people should not get the message that all is "tickety-boo with dragonflies", he added.

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Manchester United’s away form isn’t exactly tickety-boo, either.

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In short, the Democrats have some strong arguments they can make to counter the Republican claim that everything is tickety-boo.

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