tic-tac man
noun/ˈtɪk tæk mæn/
/ˈtɪk tæk mæn/
(plural tic-tac men)
(British English)- (in the past) a bookmaker (= a man who takes bets) at a horse racing course, who communicated information to other bookmakers there by means of tic-tac, a special language of signals involving movements of the hands and arms
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