hard-ticket

[ noun hahrd-tik-it; adjective hahrd-tik-it ]

noun

1. a ticket entitling one to a reserved seat.
2. an entertainment for which seats are reserved in advance.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating an entertainment for which tickets are in great demand:

   a hard-ticket musical.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard-ticket¹

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

She understood her "Uncle Cy," and didn't mind being called a "hard ticket" by him.

From Project Gutenberg

E—an extremely hard ticket—quarrelsome, venomous, and altogether thoroughly depraved.

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