Definitions
a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
Word origin
From tick (“sheet, cover”) + -ing (“material, collection”).
Used in a sentence
“Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.”
“Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!”
“a ticking time bomb”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Mattress fabric”7 letters
02“Clock sound”7 letters
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