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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A card or ticket entitling the holder to a meal or meals.
- noun Informal A person or thing depended on as a source of financial support.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
ticket orvoucher that can beexchanged for food. - noun idiomatic Someone or something that
provides income orlivelihood , especially as anexploited source.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a source of income or livelihood
- noun coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal
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