| 释义 |
ˈtick-off slang.
[f. vbl. phr. to tick off: see tick v.1 3.]
Fortune-telling; a fortune-teller. to work the tick-off, to practise fortune-telling.
1934P. Allingham Cheapjack ii. 18 Several show⁓people were in the bar. ‘You're working the tick-off, aren't you?’ said one of them. Ibid., I discovered that ‘tick-off’ was the fair-ground slang for fortune-teller. 1966Punch 3 Aug. 193/1 No palmists, tick-offs, character readers, mock auctions, pick-a-straw. |