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ticker tape

 noun
     
ticker tape
1 [uncountable]TCT long narrow paper on which information, for example the price of company stocks, is printed by a special machine
2

ticker tape parade

American English an occasion when someone important or famous walks or drives through an American city and pieces of paper are thrown from high buildings to welcome them
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