ticket scalper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ticket scalper
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Lavelle, a college dropout and part-time ticket scalper with some of his father’s good-hearted charm, looks like the solution to the kingdom’s problems.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
So he brings Lavelle, a ticket scalper who aspires to much more, back to Zamunda, along with Mom.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
Rowling should worry because people are beginning to become sick of spending more than $1000 for a ticket to see a show, bought from a ticket scalper.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2018
One well-known New York ticket scalper said of Springsteen: “He hypes up his own bullshit and promotes his own hype and scalps his own tickets at ridiculous prices.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 30, 2017
The crowd was filing through the colonnades of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club when a ticket scalper spotted a possible customer heading for the main gate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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