Ticky-tack
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something of low value; (by extension) something meaningless or insignificant. uncountable
"But why should we have to struggle against this garbagy tide of cheap rip-off ticky-tack, when we could be drinking the wine of paradise even now under our own vine & fig tree?"
Example
More examples"But why should we have to struggle against this garbagy tide of cheap rip-off ticky-tack, when we could be drinking the wine of paradise even now under our own vine & fig tree?"
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from ticky-tacky (adjective).
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