meal ticket

(noun) A person, possibly a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, friend, etc. who is kept around and close in order to be used, monetarily.

Though they had dated for years, John was nothing more than a meal ticket to Betsy. He was just a dumb, naïve fool that was there to be used, nothing more. Stupid fool believed someone actually loved him.

by Nikki Stixx September 25, 2019

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another name for sugar daddy.

LUXURIES WITHOUT A JOB
Gwendolyn: Monica, where are you getting all of this costly shit?
You don't even have a job!
Monica: Oh. All of that is from my meal ticket.
Gwendolyn: From what?
Monica: Not what, who!

NEED MORE GROCERIES
Bianca: Dammit... I spent all of my money shopping and my refrigerator's empty. I'm hungry!
Yolanda: You don't get your paycheck until two weeks from now.
Bianca: I better find myself a handsome meal ticket!
Yolanda: Seriously.

by gotmurc June 28, 2016

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food stamps, or money used to buy strictly food.

Whenever a rapper mentions a meal ticket, he is referring to getting money to afford to eat, or more directly, food stamps before there was EBT.

by pcshRealDeal October 8, 2012

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If you say that something or someone is a meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have.

“Of course that man isn’t going to leave you. You are his meal ticket!”

by Diane39 April 4, 2020

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