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
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 needs trustworthy people around her who work for her and don’t see her as a meal ticket.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 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
Mameh was his meal ticket to America, and once he got here, he was done with her.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
