| 单词 | meal ticket |
| 例句 | A tall, square-shouldered first lieutenant gave out meal tickets, and we were told we could use them at the airport cafeteria. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Food had become so scarce that each prisoner was issued a monthly meal ticket, which was punched when he went through the food line to prevent the possibility of someone going through the line twice. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Give me your meal tickets!” he demanded gruffly. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z 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. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The people at the cafeteria were civilians, and they didn’t want any part of our meal tickets, even though a sergeant tried to explain to the head of the cafeteria that the U.S. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mameh was his meal ticket to America, and once he got here, he was done with her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Teri Terrific, as she was known among friends, was much maligned in the film industry as a harpy who exploited Ms. Shields and turned her into an unprotesting meal ticket. Nothing Comes Between Brooke Shields and Her New Line for QVC 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z I wanted to make Jackson an unsympathetic airhead; a B-list actor of limited talent who was struggling financially and looking to Scarlet as a meal ticket. Digested read: Kehlua! by Fay Weldon 2010-08-23T21:29:00Z He shows how Leon and Troy enjoy the illusion of autonomy but are ultimately at the mercy of promoters, for whom they are just meal tickets. Sucker Punch 2010-06-20T21:46:00Z While Kat claims that her behavior is merely her way of protecting her meal ticket, it’s obvious that she’s possessed by a sense of purpose as well. How Mumblecore Brings Out the Best in Actors 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z That has made her a meal ticket for her family, her oily record producer and a pair of devious publicists. 'Star Island': A deliciously tawdry tale of instant celebrity by Carl Hiaasen 2010-07-28T22:10:00Z Can pop concert promoters' rental fees emerge as a steady meal ticket to fund regular park programming? Made in America fest adds $144,000 to Grand Park events coffers 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z YouTube Premium recently launched Adam Pally’s new show Champaign Ill, about a rap entourage forced back to normality after the sudden death of their meal ticket. The Other Two: could this be 2019's funniest new TV show? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z A friend, a mentor and a meal ticket more than a sex symbol, most likely. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z He said, “Son, you know what? You’ve got a meal ticket for life here.” The Real Stars of the ‘Jurassic’ Films? Friends, Not Dinosaurs. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s the last day of class and she’s out of there forever, peeling out in a sports car that takes her right back home to the meal ticket she calls her fiancé. | 'Bad Teacher': When the Teacher Gets High Marks in the Raunchy and the Profane 2011-06-23T22:21:08Z Or is he purely mercenary and out to exploit Vince as his meal ticket? ArtsBeat: 'Friday Night Lights' Watch: Heavily Involved Parents 2011-05-28T03:59:55Z "For Bush, it is career suicide to lose a celebrity's willingness to speak to him. That's really his calling card and his meal ticket," she added. Schmoozing with the stars poses pitfalls for celebrity media 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The engineers, who recognized Mr. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, as a major meal ticket, did not dare ask what Mr. Allen would be torpedoing. Books of The Times: The Reclusive Other Half of Microsoft?s Odd Couple Breaks His Silence 2011-04-18T23:23:20Z For Ray, who lacks an education and lives in his car much of the time, qualifying for the Olympics is his only meal ticket. Haves and have-nots 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z As such he is, for his short-term companion, both alpha dog and prey, an object of envy as well as admiration, a meal ticket and an imaginary friend. Review: ‘The End of the Tour’ Offers a Tale of Two Davids 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Similarly little-seen was Champaign ILL, a tremendous YouTube series, co-starring Adam Pally, about two posse members dumped back into society after the sudden death of their meal ticket rapper. Sam Richardson: ‘I love characters that are optimistic and sweet’ 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z 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. How Bobby Charlton played four games for Irish club Waterford FC 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z I went back to law school on my way out of my first marriage because I needed a meal ticket. How Family Trauma Perpetuates Authoritarian Societies 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The young ones saw me as a meal ticket, and the older men saw me as their Lolita. L.A. Affairs: I pick my dates with my nose. Online dating doesn’t offer a sniff test 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z She needs trustworthy people around her who work for her and don’t see her as a meal ticket. Elliott: Coco Gauff won't stop channeling her inner Serena Williams at U.S. Open 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z If meal tickets were bought for a total of how many children and how many adults bought meal tickets? Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z She encountered her promoter, King, sitting by himself after watching his meal ticket chomp his career into pieces. LOVERRO: Christy Martin survived life in the ring and a brush with death outside it 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “He also was courageous,” Nielsen observed, referring to Hart’s successful fight against the CTA, a Democratic meal ticket in election campaigns. We need more lawmakers like Gary K. Hart. But they’re a rarity in this era of polarization 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z That has not stopped Mr. Biden from blasting the state’s meal ticket. Biden’s policies hit his home state in the pocketbook, skewer Delaware’s biggest industries 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It provides the hospital’s patients and their caregivers with meal tickets to use to get free meals from nearby restaurants. How to Feed the Hungry While Helping Struggling Restaurants Survive 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Having lost their meal ticket — the government — the gangs have become independent predators. In Haiti, the difficult relationship of gangs and business 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z He might as well have been in a leisure suit, so ironclad was Pete Carroll’s commitment to keeping his primary meal ticket out of harm’s way. Only joy for Seahawks fans is knowing that preseason games are virtually meaningless 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Her parents “taught Jane bookkeeping at age seven,” Moore wrote, in contrast to almost all the other parents, who refused to allow their meal tickets to grow up and, in most cases, squandered their money. Jane Withers, Child Star Who Later Won Fame in Commercials, Dies at 95 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z They have to buy meal tickets because the refrigerators and the stoves have been removed. Ethnic studies pioneer Rudy Acuña on neoliberalism, Trump and the future of academia 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Not meeting it could mean no meal ticket which meant going hungry. North Korea enslaved South Korean prisoners of war in coal mines 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Black’s ex-husband, dealing with his own grief, accused Black of making Ronan her “meal ticket.” A grieving mother's follow-up memoir asks: What now? 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z They donned their green jackets, asked after grandchildren, cracked wise, drank wine and thought back to the long-ago shots that were their meal tickets now. For Aging Masters Champions, Pandemic Cannot Mute Augusta’s Call 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z It was actually basketball that turned out to be her meal ticket. Katie Sowers: 'The 49ers didn't hire me as a coach to make a point' 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z And over and over he looks back longingly to a time when music was his passion, not his meal ticket. How a small-town Brit named Rex Orange County became Gen Z's favorite crooner 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z "If you missed a working day, then your meal ticket could be taken away," he said. North Korea enslaved South Korean prisoners of war in coal mines 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z His meal ticket of an instrument, though, sets him apart as much as his attraction to classic arrangements does. Is Lewis Capaldi — a Brit with a canyon-sized voice and an ugly-cry smash — the new Adele? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Brunner became his girlfriend and meal ticket, even as he brought other women into his circle. How Charles Manson cast his spell on honor students, dropouts and homecoming queens 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z “I felt like I was Neil and Buzz’s meal ticket home,” he said. Apollo 11’s ‘amiable strangers’ Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z This practice may explain why journalists are so deferential to the tournament—it’s their meal ticket, too. Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Even institutions like The New York Times cash in on the college prep meal ticket. College admissions - the high price of higher education 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Women in traditional Vietnamese dress stood at the entrance collecting the meal tickets. Breakfast With Kim Jong-un? Some American Reporters Came Close(ish) 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Human Diet Drugs Kill Mosquitoes' Appetite Too 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z “There should be a more altruistic concept of these companies like Amazon joining the community and earning loyalty rather than, ‘Punch my meal ticket,’” said Mr. Worrel, who runs an internet design company. Amazon Bails and New York Reacts: The City ‘Was Never Really On Board’ 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Adlon’s husky, androgynous voice—a surfer-bro affect with a faint New York accent—is her defining characteristic and her meal ticket. Pamela Adlon, the TV Auteur Hiding in Plain Sight 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “Tell the jury, ‘You just heard a bunch of tales from a bunch of lying criminal scoundrels who simply want to please the government, and my guy is their meal ticket,’” he said. 'El Chapo's' lawyers face tough choices at trial's end 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Dining hall meal tickets will be available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Fairmont State holds appreciation day for federal workers 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Barr’s memo, his apparent meal ticket to the attorney generalship, is nothing more than a transparent effort to rewrite history to create a president who is above the law. Opinion | I was in Congress during Nixon’s impeachment proceedings. William Barr is wrong. 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “These infrequent voters are the meal ticket for Democrats,” O’Connell said. Early-voting numbers reach record highs, doubling in Md. and Va. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z He must face another presidential election next year, so was unlikely to feel too fussy about where his meal ticket was coming from. Saudi scheme shows Fifa remains the world’s most expensive laundry service | Marina Hyde 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Basically, Denny was romancing the manager, so he was our meal ticket. How ‘Summer in the City’ Became the Soundtrack for Every City Summer 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z He also said that workers would receive 2.2m bolivares in meal tickets, Venezuela deploys soldiers to markets 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Lue was more candid than was his usual custom after the game, opining that his superstar and meal ticket, L. James, “looked a little tired to me, yes.” LeBron James and the Twilight of the Cavaliers 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Though he's got great ears, Matt's about to be fired because his meal ticket band is defecting to another label. Netflix's 'Kodachrome' reminds that Ed Harris can make standard roles transcendent 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z On the other hand, it is counterintuitive that microbes who depend on the sun for their meal ticket are also going to town in dark, suffocating sediments. In a World of Shifting Sand, Algae Turn to Dark Fermentation 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z She's no role model, unless it's for other Eastern European "models" that want a meal ticket. Opinion | The Quiet Radicalism of Melania Trump 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z College basketball coaches indicted on a charge of trying to turn those student-athletes into meal tickets? Tennessee, Greg Schiano and Moral Outrage in College Sports 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Of course it's because Elliott plays for the Cowboys and he's their meal ticket. Jerry Jones Threatens to Sue N.F.L. to Block Roger Goodell’s Contract 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Her father ruled her career with an iron fist — she was his meal ticket. Classic Hollywood: Rose Marie, still tough and sassy after all these years 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z This is an example of the sunk cost effect, which for some years was virtually Thaler’s meal ticket. Perspective | Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize for making economics more human — and more real 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z As a young man in New York City, Mr. White found that being a classically trained composer was not exactly a meal ticket. A Composer’s Debut, at 82 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z A cynic would say they saw Trump as their meal tickets. Opinion | Sean Spicer is the latest Trump casualty. He won’t be the last. 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Earned is the operative word, because this was no free meal ticket for the world number 115. Opportunity knocks in Paris for Tennessee's Mr. Tennys 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z In the playoffs, the refs will unconsciously favor LeBron because he is the league meal ticket. Thomas Boswell on the Wizards: ‘Pay attention to this team’ 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Once in Europe, however, Chrome got sick and hurt and was all out of sorts being away from Sherman, who had managed him like a horse rather than a meal ticket. Much Is on the Line for California Chrome at the Breeders’ Cup 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z There was no hotel for the control officers, no meal tickets for the chaperones and no reliable transport for anyone to get away once they were done working at night. IOC washes over farcical findings of Wada’s Rio 2016 anti-doping report 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The search for a meal ticket, someone to dominate and/or a cook, housekeeper, nurse and/or arm candy knows no gender boundaries. The Gray Gender Gap: Older Women Are Likelier to Go It Alone 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z When service staff members exceeded their goals, they got a free meal ticket to the company cafeteria. What Went Awry at Wells Fargo? The Beaten Path of a Toxic Culture 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Prosecutors played the jury a recording of the then-17-year-old admitting to the killing, saying he specifically targeted Clark as his “meal ticket.” Florida jury convicts Gangster Granny’s grandson of murder 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z People who come here to live—whether they’re rich or poor—tend to look to Big Government for a meal ticket, be they lawyers, lobbyists and government employees, or down-and-out welfare recipients. Still Ruled by Democrats, But at Least They’re Not Marion Barry 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z There’s no charge to attend the show, but people who want to listen to the speakers need to buy a meal ticket. National Hard Spring Wheat Show set in Williston this week 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z TBS will keep its meal ticket, reruns of “The Big Bang Theory.” New management maps a radically changed TBS and TNT 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z TBS will keep its meal ticket, reruns of "The Big Bang Theory." New boss Kevin Reilly is putting the Turner Networks, TNT and TBS, on different course 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z He has been her meal ticket into national politics. CHARLES HURT: Bill kills Hillary Clinton’s sexism accusation against Donald Trump 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z He was actually talking about how Joan had been so horribly schlonged by her very own betrothed husband, who was a politician before her and has been her only meal ticket for her entire career. CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump’s ‘Art of the Schlong’ portrays Hillary Clinton as Joan of Arc 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Come late in the season, that’s your meal ticket right there. Defense helps Redskins handle Giants, vault into first place in division 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z “As an artist, I was up and down, but I always kept a meal ticket in my pocket.” Who made the shiny car-bumper sculpture in an Adams Morgan park? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z It is tempting, very tempting, to conclude once and for all that international sports federations have no business testing and sanctioning their own athletes, their own meal tickets. Years Later, Bittersweet Victory for Alysia Montaño 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z It is rare on any team that veterans would allow their starting quarterback — the team’s meal ticket — to be brutalized. A Painful Lesson for Jets’ Geno Smith, but What Did He Learn? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z You’ve probably never heard of Jana, but for millions in the developing world it’s a meal ticket to the mobile Web. This App Is Cashing In On Giving The World Free Data 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Not with a tin star and a six-shooter, but with a name badge, meal ticket and maybe a couple of big yellow paddles. More than 5,000 volunteers needed for US Open 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The Jordan Brand is still Nike’s meal ticket more than half of the market and $2.25 billion in retail sales in the U.S. in 2013. Latest Derrick Rose Injury Is Devastating Blow For Adidas Basketball 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z How do you bring the subject up without seeming like a braggart, a coldhearted miser, or someone looking for a meal ticket? How To Bare Your Finances To Your New Love 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Griffin is still the meal ticket to be built around. Don’t do it, Jay. Resist the urge to play Robert Griffin III on Monday night at Dallas. For decades, the Big Ten’s meal ticket was players from the states of conference members. As Big Ten Declines, Homegrown Talent Fades and Flees 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z That may be a short-term meal ticket, but not a long-term strategy for accessing the best spheres of innovation. My Best Digital Media Innovation Tip 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z But the Yankees remain his primary meal ticket. Brandon Steiner, in Deal With Yankees, Is a Sports Memorabilia Maven 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z The home’s director printed meal tickets for him marked “paid.” A Father’s Day goodbye Having long been the sport's meal ticket, Bolt now finds himself central to maintaining its credibility. No jumping the gun for Bolt in Moscow 2013-08-03T02:13:33Z Gilbert, who keeps a stack of meal tickets in his pocket from the Red Cross, says his house only sustained minor fire damage. A Town Covered in Oil 2013-07-16T08:45:00Z So, in conclusion, what you really want is more public funding for your dubious "research" and meal ticket. Comment of the week: a closer look at internet trolls 2013-07-04T13:12:01Z He reached under the counter and threw me a $20 meal ticket. The Rail: Q. and A. With John Nerud: Still Saratoga Dreaming at 100 2013-06-14T10:27:45Z Ideally, more open lines of communication between the UK’s clusters of tech entrepreneurs and the investors that would be their meal tickets would allow more opportunity for both factions of the country’s techonomy. UK Tech Scene Tries To Get Its Act Together 2013-03-19T19:43:00Z The 81,178 at FedEx Field watched in silence as Griffin, the team's meal ticket both for this year and for the foreseeable future, held his knee. Griffin confident he's OK after knee injury 2012-12-10T01:21:49Z “People use you because they see you as a meal ticket,” he said. Giants Rookie Will Hill Learns to Deal With Adversity and Prosperity 2012-11-17T19:31:10Z Anything that diverts part of it into private funds and insurance premiums is a meal ticket for the elite of the predator state. The coming debt battle 2012-11-08T22:20:00Z Analysts also won't get bonuses for completing the program, which has been around for a quarter of a century and has been viewed as a meal ticket to a lucrative Wall Street career. Goldman Scales Back Entry-Level Analyst Program 2012-09-14T03:49:18Z But there was a break with her father, who she said “wanted me only for a meal ticket.” Shirley May France Setters, Distance Swimmer, Dies at 79 2012-03-31T04:09:18Z Yes, siree, that dog's been a sure enough meal ticket for me for a long while. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z The superintendent is counting meal tickets distributed by the committee. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z For sheer beauty as it was in the days of the fellows who got their meal tickets with bows and arrows you can't beat the Berkshires or the Blue Ridge. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z The owners, especially, should remember the people who are hurting also happen to be their meal ticket. Tell us again: Why is there an NFL labor dispute? 2011-03-07T08:53:16Z People see the scheme as a meal ticket - there is a fear of losing it. Row over housing officer bonuses 2011-02-07T16:23:19Z Auburn Coach Gene Chizik, during the worst of it, ran brilliant public relations interference and Auburn players have resolutely rallied around their meal ticket. How does Oregon stop Cam Newton? 2011-01-06T01:18:00Z "This is my meal ticket, and I'm glad I got it back," said Agbeko, 30. Abner Mares, Joseph Agbeko win bantamweight semifinals in Tacoma 2010-12-12T06:03:00Z The colors were key to what's known as the "meal ticket" for getting a job in the intelligence community: a top-secret clearance. Fairs help job-seekers with security clearances connect with intelligence firms 2010-08-25T01:39:00Z David Beckham's "people", by contrast, have dismissed reports of a move for their meal ticket to West Ham, according to the slow-moving Sky Sports yellow ticker of breaking news. The Fiver: Bob Nudd, and Hamburger Phone 2010-07-29T15:35:00Z A Separate but Equally Important Loss By and In 20 years of production on the streets and soundstages of New York, “Law & Order” served as a springboard and a meal ticket for hundreds of actors. A Separate but Equally Important Loss 2010-05-15T01:09:00Z You're not exactly ahead of the curve if you think vending specialty food out of a van could be your big meal ticket. How to Open a (Successful) Food Truck 2010-05-12T16:55:00Z She is, after all, his meal ticket, and his affectionate regard for her, her terrible singing notwithstanding, would prevent him from making his panic so obvious. | Connecticut: ?Souvenir? Tells of When Being So Bad Wasn?t Good 2010-05-08T02:32:00Z We were issued meal tickets, and had English tea, war bread and cheese for breakfast, "slum" and war bread for dinner, and English tea and cheese for supper. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 Even you, Kate, used to pass the leather on when Jim pinched one, which was doing your share in buying your meal ticket. Living Up to Billy Auburn, N. Y. Dear Tom: I note by the papers that you have served your bit and are now out again digging around for your own meal ticket. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York Then I thought about my meal ticket and looked worriedly around the room. The Chameleon Man "No," said the man, eyeing the meal ticket with its twenty-one unpunched holes. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike Now worked around the Army Hotel and received in return his bed and one meal ticket a day. The Social Work of the Salvation Army There's my meal ticket with all his sweaters off, standin' in the middle of the little space, shadow boxin' in front of a tree. Kid Scanlan Somebody’s been playing the Dixie Queen for a meal ticket. The Coyote A Western Story Treat them kindly, and they will thank you and remain your meal ticket for many years. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Patsy fished something from his vest and holding it out to the man, said: "Here's a one-dollar bill and a three-dollar meal ticket—which will you have?" Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike The Scotch Aid Society was keeping him, giving him bed and meal tickets. The Social Work of the Salvation Army For he had said frankly that when he received his discharge from the Army he would have to dig up a job to get a meal ticket. The Pagan Madonna It enables Munniglut to think himself a good man for paying annual dues and buying transferable meal tickets. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 "Bet you five, my opera hat, a good mandolin and a meal ticket on Jim's place against your dress suit," said Petey promptly. At Good Old Siwash I never could stand for flim-flamming the generous public, but my meal ticket was punched so full of holes that it looked like a porous plaster, and I consented. Side Show Studies In some instances, deserving men are given bed tickets and meal tickets free, by officers detailed for the purpose, and, to that extent the hotels are a charity. The Social Work of the Salvation Army While I was looking around here I took on anything that would furnish a meal ticket. Shorty McCabe on the Job Each man got a blue card with a section and berth number on; also a meal ticket appended, after which it was a scramble to find your right place in the hatch. The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces You got your meal ticket, and you've outgrown it in this mess. Police Your Planet I have rubbed my complexion with peppermint, and I have worn smoke-sticks in my hair till I burned my pompadour, but the mosquitoes still look upon me as their meal ticket. Skiddoo! Jack, let me present my friends!" so the driver he shook hands with us and says, "Any friend of Billy's on your meal ticket! Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters "You've been down there, and that goes for a meal ticket with me!" The River and I Owen had issued a universal invitation to the "industrious and well disposed," but his project offered also the lure of a free meal ticket for the improvident and the glitter of novelty for the restless. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making A lot better than the meal ticket you bought. Police Your Planet I tell him to ask God and have faith, and then I slip him a meal ticket and give him a God bless you! Dave Ranney Just for a couple of meal tickets we tossed. Every Soul Hath Its Song "Does he take us for a human meal ticket with six coupons?" The High School Boys in Summer Camp All I had to do was to keep my nerve and not get side-tracked and I'd have enough coin to make Andrew Carnegie's check book look like a punched meal ticket. Back to the Woods "Because I needed a meal ticket!" she said harshly. Police Your Planet That's all the difference between a cocktail check and a coin, between a meal ticket and a ten dollar bill. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 When we are growing and letting our faculties develop, we will love even the packhorse job, because it is our "meal ticket" that enables us to travel upward. The University of Hard Knocks "You'd shove over the Goddess of Liberty if you thought she had her foot on a meal ticket." Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It I played them—and when the Angelus was ringing Moses O'Brien and three other Bookbinders were out buying meal tickets with my money. Back to the Woods "I told you you had a punched meal ticket," he said bitterly. Police Your Planet Evidently it was all over, she had found a new meal ticket somewhere or other. L'Assommoir The only thing I can think of for me to do is to get engaged and hock the betrothal ring for a meal ticket. The Sorrows of a Show Girl You know you've got a meal ticket at our house, good for a million punches. The Hollow of Her Hand Witness: "I mean he was sensible enough not to punch his meal ticket too often." Yollop Your meal ticket's ruined, Cuddles, and you made it clear a little while ago just where you stand. Police Your Planet "Ask Aunt Francesca to give me a meal ticket, to be used solely for breakfasts, will you?" Old Rose and Silver "I don't know whether to give you a meal ticket, or to call a cop when I look at you, Marshall," laughed Garrick. Guy Garrick I don't go around asking folks can I give 'em a meal ticket all the time, let me tell you, and when I do—Oh rats! Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man But, before you have caught onto your life meal ticket, be simple. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon But God help all of us and our meal tickets if the audiences could see behind the scenes. Michael, Brother of Jerry You always bought meal tickets at once, else you became unwelcome. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains |
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