Annie Oakley

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A complimentary ticket, a free ticket; a comp. US,dated,possibly,slang
    — The prince and princess of Belgium happened to be [...] in Detroit. Hurok sent them a pair of passes [...]. The concert was a sellout, Hurok cleared $4,000, and several days later received a polite note from the prince's equerry expressing Their Highnesses' regret at not having been able to use the Annie Oakleys.

词形变化

Annie Oakleys plural

词源

Many complimentary tickets had holes punched in them to prevent recipients from reselling them; in this way, they resembled the playing cards that sharpshooter Annie Oakley shot holes in as part of her act, and so were named after her.
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