Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device for attaching a tag, card, etc., to a trunk, box, or parcel.
- noun In a railway sleeping-car, a metal clip or spring fastened to the side of a berth, to hold the tickets of the occupant.
- noun A device for attaching a railroad-ticket to the hat or coat of a passenger to keep it in view.
- noun One who holds a ticket, as for admission to an exhibition or for other privilege.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who has a
valid ticket for anevent or for ajourney
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Examples
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This is the biggest winner this country and Europe has ever seen, and follows hot on the heels of the anonymous ticket-holder who last October won £113m.
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She is a longtime Georgetown basketball season ticket-holder, where she got undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Rhee's successor escapes her shadow; challenges remain Bill Turque 2011
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The businessman and one-time Cavaliers season ticket-holder tried in vain to flip over a parked grey Smart Car in celebration of the Heat loss.
Ian Squires: LeBron James Now Zero for Eight Seasons (Satire) Ian Squires 2011
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One of the plaintiffs is a Cowboys season ticket-holder who said some of Jones' biggest-spending fans were promised access to Super Bowl tickets and ended up with obstructed views on metal folding chairs.
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The businessman and one-time Cavaliers season ticket-holder tried in vain to flip over a parked grey Smart Car in celebration of the Heat loss.
Ian Squires: LeBron James Now Zero for Eight Seasons (Satire) Ian Squires 2011
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The businessman and one-time Cavaliers season ticket-holder tried in vain to flip over a parked grey Smart Car in celebration of the Heat loss.
Ian Squires: LeBron James Now Zero for Eight Seasons (Satire) Ian Squires 2011
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Screaming in frustration, “It better not happen again!” one season ticket-holder said.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Anyway, back to the weekend of May 16th and 17th, Bill Graham and The Who rescheduled the Friday late show for a Sunday matinee on May 18th ... with the offer of a full refund if a ticket-holder couldn't make the Sunday show instead.
Binky Philips: Pete Townshend Meets My Mom and Dad at the Fillmore East Binky Philips 2010
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Screaming in frustration, “It better not happen again!” one season ticket-holder said.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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The businessman and one-time Cavaliers season ticket-holder tried in vain to flip over a parked grey Smart Car in celebration of the Heat loss.
Ian Squires: LeBron James Now Zero for Eight Seasons (Satire) Ian Squires 2011
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