ricky-tick

ricky-tick
/rik"ee tik", -tik'/, Informal.
n.
1. the mechanical, repetitive style and beat of ragtime or early swing music.
adj. Also, ricky-ticky /rik"ee tik"ee, -tik'ee/.
2. of or characteristic of such sound or beat.
3. corny or outmoded.
[1935-40; appar. imit.]

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