clickety-click n.
1. (bingo) the number six or 66.
Over the Top 148: The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as [...] ‘Clickety-click’ for sixty-six. | ||
(con. WWI) Soldier and Sailor Words 58: Clickety Click: 66 in the game of ‘House’. | ||
(con. 1900s) Old Soldier Sahib (1965) 71: No. 66 – Clickety-click. | ||
Of Love And Hunger 116: Dead-pan geezer in a white coat calling the numbers. 90, top of the House. 66, clickety-click. | ||
There is a Happy Land (1964) 87: Clickety-click, sixty-six. | ||
(con. 1940s) Bloods 115: The caller had sung out his litany of Legs Eleven, Kelly’s Eye, Knock on the Door, Clickety-Clicks. | ||
Submariners I ii: Sixty-six clickety click. Four and five half way. | ||
Observer 6 July 16: Old favourites such as [...] ‘clickety click’, 66. |
2. (Aus.) a stick.
Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 clickety-click: a stick. |