meal ticket

Example Sentences

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But the place was for sale and his meal ticket was about to run out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

I went back to law school on my way out of my first marriage because I needed a meal ticket.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

While the Goolds lost all their money at the roulette tables, they thought they had found a meal ticket in Danish widow Emma Levin in 1907.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2022

She encountered her promoter, King, sitting by himself after watching his meal ticket chomp his career into pieces.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2022

“That means they’re not on the meal ticket, then.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt