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

A combination of good relationships, opportunity and Ireland being a minor meal ticket for famous pros on the downswing played a role in bringing one of the greats to the League of Ireland.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

Playing the Fonz has been a meal ticket that has yielded Winkler interesting reactions from unlikely sources.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2023

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

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

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt