† ticket-mongern.Obsolete one who trafficked in the pay-warrants of seamen, giving ready money with a large deduction, and then presenting them for payment.
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1668 S. PepysDiary 5 Mar. (1976) IX. 103 To answer only one question, touching our paying tickets to ticket-mongers.