tikam-tikam
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4ADJ.
expert
VERB + TIKAM-TIKAM
banned, cannot, complain, play, selling
TIKAM-TIKAM + NOUN
children, malay
PREP.
from, with
Definitions
noun
A kind of lucky draw or lottery-like game popular throughout the 1950s to the 1970s; usually, prizes are won by pulling slips of paper or numbered tickets from a board.
Because school children were forgoing food to play tikam-tikam games with their pocket money, hawkers were eventually banned from selling tikam-tikam to children.
By day, she sold entrance tickets to those who wanted to try their luck at the teeming gambling stalls within the “City Park”, catering to the Chinese residents in the town. By night, she assisted at a pinball stall, collecting tickets and putting out tennis balls for a game of “tikam tikam”.
verb
To choose (something) at random.
They cannot complain. Tikam-tikam means, play with chance. Sometimes win, sometimes lose.
Some days, it felt more like gambling than expert precision: Just tikam-tikam, lah! (Malay for “choose randomly,” commonly used by impatient people queueing to buy 4D tickets).
adj
Arbitrarily chosen; characterized by random choices.
it's open secret that finance industry is all tikam tikam one.
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5Because school children were forgoing food to play tikam-tikam games with their pocket money, hawkers were eventually banned from selling tikam-tikam to children.
WiktionaryBy day, she sold entrance tickets to those who wanted to try their luck at the teeming gambling stalls within the “City Park”, catering to the Chinese residents in the town. By night, she assisted at
WiktionaryThey cannot complain. Tikam-tikam means, play with chance. Sometimes win, sometimes lose.
WiktionarySome days, it felt more like gambling than expert precision: Just tikam-tikam, lah! (Malay for “choose randomly,” commonly used by impatient people queueing to buy 4D tickets).
Wiktionaryit's open secret that finance industry is all tikam tikam one.
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