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excursion ticket

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of excursion ticket1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

Is a quiet watering-place, to which people go to recover health and strength, to be at the mercy of any drunken swarms who happen to have the half-crowns in their pockets requisite for the purchase of an excursion ticket? 

They had come down into Yorkshire with a fortnight’s excursion ticket, and a scheme for visiting as many of the abbeys and as much picturesque scenery as possible within the allotted time.

I have very little to tell concerning the remaining days which the conditions of George Gilbert's excursion ticket left him free to enjoy in London.

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

Every man in school who owns or can borrow a couple of dollars has his excursion ticket, and eight or ten yards of blue and white ribbon with which to decorate his cane, hat, and button-hole.

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