Definition of "ticket-collector" []

• A person who collects the tickets of patrons entering a cinema, theatre etc so that they can not be used again (noun)

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• "As the section comes to an end, we are introduced to other characters who will make subsequent re-appearances: the engineer, the conductor, the ticket-collector, an attractive woman with "tanned thighs.""
• ""The World Trade Center's on fire," announced a ticket-collector in a scratchy PA announcement."
• "An old ticket-collector came to ask for our tickets."