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In the early days of hedge funds, so much trading was based on whim, instinct, and vaguely divinatory practices like tape reading, so called after the ticker tape used to transmit trades via telegraph.
—Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
History of rolling the oak trees at Toomer's Corner
The tradition of covering Toomer's Corner in toilet paper has been an Auburn staple for decades, said to have begun when nearby drugstore, Toomer's Drugs, would throw ticker tape from telegraphs on powerlines when word was received of an away win.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
This weekday web, laced together by telephone, ticker tape, elevator, subway, and commuter train, made the modern city make sense.
—Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023
At noon the next day, Baltimore paraded the Orioles through town for 100,000 screaming followers as ticker tape and confetti rained down on the caravan of antique cars carrying the players.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
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“Ticker tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticker%20tape. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
ticker tape
noun
: the paper ribbon on which a telegraphic ticker prints
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