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单词 ticky-tacky
释义

ticky-tacky

/ˈtɪkɪˌtaki /
North American informal
noun [mass noun]
Inferior or cheap material, especially as used in suburban building.The number of single-person households is on the rise; we all want our own little boxes made of ticky-tacky....
  • And they're all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same.
adjective
Made of inferior material; cheap or in poor taste: ticky-tacky little houses...
  • He called Sid about the hundreds of unsold, unrented, slapped-up, ticky-tacky apartments in Greater Belfast.

Origin

1960s: probably a reduplication of tacky2.

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