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ticky-tacky

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ticky-tacky/tɪkiˈtaki/

▶noun N. Amer. informal inferior or cheap material, especially as used in suburban building.

– origin 1960s: prob. a reduplication of tacky2.

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