English Explanatory Dictionary

one-way ticket to Palookaville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that results in failure or obscurity, with no chance at redemption; a dead end.

Word forms

one-way ticket to Palookaville one-way tickets to Palookaville

Etymology

From a line in the 1954 film On the Waterfront.

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