excursion ticket

American  

noun

1. a round-trip ticket at a reduced fare, often for use within a limited period of time.

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Etymology

Origin of excursion ticket

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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excursion ticket

A round-trip excursion ticket between New York and Luxembourg costs $259 in the peak season and requires no minimum stay.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The price of an excursion ticket is a dollar."

From The Tin Box and What it Contained by Alger, Horatio

I b'lieve when you're off on an excursion ticket in makin' the best of things, for my part.

From Jane Field A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Have sold my excursion ticket and will stay awhile.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Washington, Booker T.

"Bless my excursion ticket, but you must come!"

From Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]