bug ticket

bug ticket
 n.— «Pleading guilty to a lottery charge today was Pency Capane, Dothan Negress. The woman was arrested Saturday, along with another Negro on whom police said they found bug tickets.» —“31 Persons Arrested by Authorities Here” Dothan Eagle (Ala.) May 21, 1949. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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