Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

golden ticket

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: gold-en tick-et
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunities.

Example Sentences

"So the Harvard diploma is now, more than ever, a golden ticket to a certain kind of success."
"The shiny brass trumpet that Pop bought was his golden ticket out of Poorville and onto the streets of the three F's Fame, Fortune and Freedom."
"A staffer handed me the coveted golden ticket, indicating that I had been invited to Hollywood, and I danced out the door."

Etymology

From golden + ticket; from golden referring to something valuable or desirable and ticket as something necessary for obtaining something. Popularized by the winning tickets in Roald Dahl's 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Inflected Forms

golden tickets (plural)

Questions

What does golden ticket mean?: A qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunities.
Where does golden ticket come from?: From golden + ticket; from golden referring to something valuable or desirable and ticket as something necessary for obtaining something. Popularized by the winning tickets in Roald Dahl's 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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