Annie Oakley

Meaning

Noun

A complimentary ticket, a free ticket; a comp.

Origin

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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