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Annie Oakley

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An·nie Oak·ley  (n kl)
n.
A free ticket or pass.

[After Annie Oakley (from the association of the punched ticket with one of her bullet-riddled targets).]
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Noun1.Annie Oakley - United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926)


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``Win or lose next week, I see Kat's future going the way of a contemporary Streisand,'' said James Mellon, artistic director of the NoHo Arts Center, who cast McPhee as Annie Oakley.
Included are the distinctive wardrobes of Lillian Russell, Amelia Bloomer, Baby Doe Tabor, Bat Masterson, Annie Oakley, Oscar Wilde, Wild Bill Hickok, George and Elizabeth Custer, Andrew Johnson, and Adah Menken.
In fact, several of the movies on my list are based on real life: Annie Oakley, and Shadowlands, and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.
 
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