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meal ticket
noun as in source of subsistence
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But the place was for sale and his meal ticket was about to run out.
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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.
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I went back to law school on my way out of my first marriage because I needed a meal ticket.
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The young ones saw me as a meal ticket, and the older men saw me as their Lolita.
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She needs trustworthy people around her who work for her and don’t see her as a meal ticket.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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