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Answer for the clue "(British) system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks ", 8 letters:
ticktack

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Word definitions for ticktack in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
interj. (dated form of tick tock English) n. 1 A noise like that made by a clock or a watch. 2 A kind of backgammon played with both man and pegs; tricktrack.

Usage examples of ticktack.

Utter silence descended upon the court room--silence broken only by the slow ticktack of the self-winding clock on the rear wall and the whine of the electric cars on Park Row.