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ticket agent

noun

  1. a person who sells tickets, as for theater seats, train accommodations, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ticket agent1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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Example Sentences

A Rochester (ROC) passenger approached a ticket counter to check in and stated to the ticket agent that he had a bomb in his bag.

His father was a manager of a bus station in Kansas and Texas and Lehrer helped to pay for college by working as a ticket agent.

The ticket agent glanced at Jerry and then he reached under his counter and brought up a large envelope.

There was another church, a library, the postmaster and the ticket agent at Speonk who lived in the village.

At one of the stations the ticket-agent took his horse out from the car, and riding off into the country, we saw no more of him.

The ticket agent was also the telegraph operator, and Bessie saw that she was writing something on a yellow telegraph blank.

It was my purpose to go to Richmond, and I asked the old ticket agent to send me, but he obstinately refused.

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