meal ticket
Example Sentences
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He’s reminding them who their meal ticket is.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
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
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