ticky-tacky

English

Alternative forms

• ticky tacky

Noun

ticky-tacky (uncountable)

1. (US) Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design
   • 1964 Malvina Reynolds, “Little Boxes”:

     And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, And they all look just the same.

Adjective

ticky-tacky (not comparable)

1. (US) Made of this material