hot ticket

noun

: someone or something very popular : rage

Examples of hot ticket in a Sentence

The musical is this season's hot ticket. She's a hot ticket on the lecture circuit.
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Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot ticket was in 1936

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“Hot ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20ticket. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.

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