Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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TICK
Construct:
Noun and verb
Definition:
Credit,
slate
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Use:
There isn't a shop in Cork that would give that fellow tick.
He cannot get credit in any shop in Cork.
Derivation:
A colloquialism, an abbreviation of 'on the ticket' - credit.
(Concise Oxford Dictionary)
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