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walking ticket

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. walking papers.


Etymology

Origin of walking ticket

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

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At last, they gave him his walking ticket.

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

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)

As soon as the crisis is over, I will give her a walking ticket!

From Maximina by Palacio Valdés, Armando

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

From The Store Boy by Alger, Horatio

Well, I'm almost tempted to give 'Rion his walking ticket.

From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)