See E ticket on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1983, Sally Ride (describing flying in the Space Shuttle)",
"text": "Definitely an E ticket."
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"ref": "1993, \"Weird Al\" Yankovic, \"Jurassic Park\" (song)",
"text": "Well this sure ain't no E ticket."
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"ref": "2007, Philip Beaudet, Wilderness Adventures on Horseback, →ISBN, page 10:",
"text": "We did not expect the \"E\" ticket ride, nor did our newest riding adventurer, Greg.",
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"Something very thrilling or exciting."
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"(US, idiomatic, dated) Something very thrilling or exciting."
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