ticker tape
ˈticker tape [ticker tape ticker tapes] BrE NAmE noun uncountable (especially NAmE)
(in the past) long narrow strips of paper with information, for example ↑stock market prices, printed on them by a special ↑telegraph machine
•a ticker-tape parade in the streets of New York (= an occasion when people throw pieces of paper as part of a celebration, for example in honour of a famous person)
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