meal ticket
Example Sentences
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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
She encountered her promoter, King, sitting by himself after watching his meal ticket chomp his career into pieces.
From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2022
Artemis would not risk causing brain damage to his meal ticket, nor could he afford to reveal the Book as the source of his information.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
