(Malaysia, Singapore) A kind of lucky draw or lottery-like game popular throughout the 1950s to the 1970s; usually, prizes are won by pulling slips of paper or numbered tickets from a board.
Because school children were forgoing food to play tikam-tikam games with their pocket money, hawkers were eventually banned from selling tikam-tikam to children.
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(Manglish, Singlish) To choose (something) at random.
They cannot complain. Tikam-tikam means, play with chance. Sometimes win, sometimes lose.
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(Manglish, Singlish) chosen; characterized by random choices.
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