tick-tacker
n.— «They were the days of meat pies and trams, of the Flat and the Leger. Tick-tackers. “You could sit on the sidelines and watch forever,” said Bert.» —“How Two Fingers Strode The Turf” by Steve Crawley Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia) May 1, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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