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ticket puncher

ticket puncher is the alternative form of ticket-puncher.

Meaning of ticket-puncher

Noun

ticket-puncher (plural ticket-punchers)

  1. (literally) Someone who punches a ticket; usually, an employee on a train who punches (validates) passengers' tickets.
  2. (figuratively) Someone who places someone else or themselves in a position in order to succeed.
  3. (figuratively) Someone who maims or kills someone else.

Forms of ticket puncher

pluralticket punchers

Questions about ticket puncher

What is ticket puncher the alternative form of?
Ticket puncher is the alternative form of ticket-puncher.

Words near ticket puncher in the dictionary

  1. ticket point mileages
  2. ticket porter
  3. ticket porters
  4. ticket printer
  5. ticket printers
  6. ticket puncher
  7. ticket punchers
  8. ticket stamping machine
  9. ticket stamping machines
  10. ticket time limit
  11. ticket time limits

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