| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  t k |
| NOUN: | 1a. A cloth case for a mattress or pillow. b. A light mattress without inner springs. 2. Ticking. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English tikke, probably from Middle Dutch t ke, ultimately from Latin th ca, receptacle, from Greek thk. See dh- in Appendix I.
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