steady ticket
n.— «I have what they call a steady ticket, so I’ve been going out to the same place now for almost a year.» —“Working in Worcester” by Mike Benedetti Worcester IMC May 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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