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meal ticket
noun
a source of support, especially a person US, 1899- “As she often said, they [her breasts] were her meal ticket and if she didn’t take care of them who would.” — Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy, p. 282, 1957
- Meal ticket–A sponsor, not quite a john or sugar daddy. — The Guild Dictionary of Homosexual Terms, p. 30, 1965
- Patricia don’t mean nothing to me excepting a meal ticket to help me and her get out of the life. — Sara Harris, The Lords of Hell, p. 54, 1967
- Hip was very careful not to punch her in the face. He didn’t want his meal ticket threatened. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 145, 1968
- I’m willing to be your wife. You want a meal ticket, get your ass someplace else. — George V. Higgins, The Judgment of Deke Hunter, p. 18, 1976
- All they want is a meal ticket. Give me, take me, bring me, and what have you done for me lately. Period. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 346, 1979
- What’re things coming to when pimps push their meal tickets off roofs? — Joseph Wambaugh, The Delta Star, p. 27, 1983
- Got an address on Amanda Hunsecker’s meal ticket. — Lethal Weapon, 1987
- She could erase Dillinger’s record if she tried. I hear she’s Keaton’s meal ticket. — The Usual Suspects, 1995
- As Jack said, “her present meal ticket,” & his outspoken worry was her nympho tendencies. — Tom Christopher (Editor), Neal Cassady Volume Two, p. 93, 1998
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