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ticker-tape parade
[ tik-er-teyp ]
noun
- a parade honoring a visiting dignitary, hero, or the like in which confetti, shredded newspapers, or the like are showered into the streets from buildings along the parade route.
Word History and Origins
Origin of ticker-tape parade1
Example Sentences
Broadway: This is the Manhattan street where the Mets had a grand ticker-tape parade after winning the 1969 World Series in Shea Stadium.
Later she was given a ticker-tape parade in New York and was decorated by US President Eisenhower.
The memorable lead that followed: “Only a grinch cavils when, in a burst of hometown boosterism, the mayor of New York says with a straight face that 3.5 million people turned out for the Yankees’ ticker-tape parade.”
So we'll have to wait a bit for James to get her virtual ticker-tape parade for kicking the most hated man in New York real estate out of town.
The team didn’t go to the White House after winning the title - but got a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
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