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Thread #105510   Message #2172034
Posted By: GUEST,Barford
15-Oct-07 - 10:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Take a 'boo' (???) at this? A what?????
Subject: RE: BS: Take a 'boo' (???) at this? A what?????
Have a gander at this:

Maybe it is somehow related to

tickety-boo

• adjective Brit. informal, dated- "in good order."

— ORIGIN perhaps from a Hindi phrase meaning 'all right'.

Found at askoxford.com

I've heard it out west here too LH.