ticket-puncher

English

Alternative forms

  • ticket puncher

Noun

ticket-puncher (plural ticket-punchers)

  1. (literally) Someone who punches a ticket; usually, an employee on a train who punches (validates) passengers' tickets.
  2. (figuratively) Someone who punches someone's / their own ticket.
    1. Someone who places someone else or themselves in a position to succeed.
    2. Someone who maims or kills someone else.
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