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walking ticket

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. walking papers.


Etymology

Origin of walking ticket

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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I said it was all over, because she gave me my walking ticket, I mean my dismissal.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de

"She'll give him his walking ticket, I hope."

From The Store Boy by Alger, Horatio

I shall get my walking ticket the first dull spell, and then——” “Then, what, Lizette?”

From The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story by Thurston, I. T. (Ida Treadwell)

At last, they gave him his walking ticket.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de

You did well to give that sneak his walking ticket!

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

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