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tickety-boo
adjective
fine, correct, in order, satisfactory UK, 1939
Originally military; a variation of “ticket”, as in JUST THE TICKETtikai babu (“it’s all right, sir”).- “Just peachy-keen, Harry baby,” said Ira. “Just tickety-boo.” — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 19, 1964
- [I]n all this cartoonin’ [fooling about] somethin’ don’t feel tickety boo. — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 99, 1997
- “Nothing’s the matter, Farmer Giles,” smiled Guy. “Everything is just tickety-boo.” — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 30, 1999
- [I]f you could all please join us out front here, that would be just tickety boo. — Christopher Brookmyre, The Sacred Art of Stealing, p. 80, 2002
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