ticket of leave
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ticket of leave
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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At six o'clock Mr. Schwab led Winthrop into the big library and asked for his ticket of leave.
From The Scarlet Car by Davis, Richard Harding
After seven years he was released on ticket of leave.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
The First Class consisted of trustworthy convicts allowed out on ticket of leave.
From Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 by McNair, John Frederick Adolphus
"How can hypnotism be like—like a ticket of leave?"
From The Bars of Iron by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
He is in a very bad way—curious, too; he looks like a cross between a ticket of leave man and a gentleman.
From A Tale of a Lonely Parish by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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