steady ticket
n.— «At least three days a week, however, Atencio has a steady “ticket.” In other words, through the labor pool he works 12-hour shifts at a large printing press.» —“Life Is Hard At The Bottom” by James B. Meadow, Hector Gutierrez Rocky Mountain News (Colo.) Sept. 3, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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