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meal tickets

meal tickets is the plural of meal ticket.

Meaning of meal ticket

Noun

meal ticket (plural meal tickets)

  1. A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food.
    • Volunteers are provided with a meal ticket for every four hours of service.
    Synonyms:
    bread ticket
  2. (idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.
    • I don't enjoy this job, but it is my meal ticket.
    Synonyms:
    bread ticket

Questions about meal tickets

What is meal tickets the plural of?
Meal tickets is the plural of meal ticket.

Words near meal tickets in the dictionary

  1. meal prep
  2. meal station
  3. meal stations
  4. Meal Team Six
  5. meal ticket
  6. meal tickets
  7. meal voucher
  8. meal vouchers
  9. meal-monger
  10. meal-mongers
  11. meal-mouthed

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