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tickety-boo
/ ËŒ³Ùɪ°ìɪ³Ùɪˈ²ú³ÜË /
adjective
- old-fashioned.as it should be; correct; satisfactory
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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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