tick-tacker
n.— «Tick-tackers lasted longer. Usually wearing white gloves for better visibility, tick-tackers conveyed prices from one enclosure to another by hand signals.» —“Randwick’s last tout: nine tips but none the winner” by Max Presnell Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) June 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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