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tickety-boo
/ ˌɪɪɪˈː /
adjective
- old-fashioned.as it should be; correct; satisfactory
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51Թ 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 ṭhīk hai “It’s all right,” or ṭhīk hai, bābū, “It’s all right, Sir”
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tickety-boo1
C20: of obscure origin
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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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