guichetn.
A wicket, grating, or hatch, spec. one through which tickets are issued.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > small opening for communication
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1839 W. M. Thackeray in Corsair (N.Y.) 26 Oct. 521/2 The porter closes the guichet behind us.
1848 H. Greville Diary (1883) 280 Hundreds of prisoners have been shut up. In the Church of L'Assomption..they are fed through a guichet.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 3/1 The Bigliettaio, ducking his gold-braided cap through the guichet, triumphantly gave us a ticket.
1926 ‘C. Barry’ Detective's Holiday 131 The post-mistress herself came to the guichet.
1931 H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness Mankind (1932) ix. 381 Within are the familiar bank desks and counters with their brass rails and guichets.
1961 Times 6 Nov. 11/4 Not everybody is a guichet user. Some there are so insulated from the bustle of life that they would not go to a theatre or a football match unless someone provided them with a ticket in advance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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