ticket of leave
Americannoun
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tickets of leave
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ticket of leave
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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That the detectives sent on the track of Roland Mortlake have met the detectives on the track of the fugitive ticket of leave man, and that O'Grady has confessed that they are identical.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
I know what a ticket of leave is.
From The Bars of Iron by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
Penitents who had been reconciled returned to society in a far more degraded condition than convicts released on ticket of leave.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
They also heard from their fellows that several had attained to a ticket of leave, and were earning for themselves an honest livelihood in the place of their banishment.
From Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 by John Frederick Adolphus McNair
He was assigned to me when he first got his ticket of leave.
From A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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