pass-outadj.n.
/ˈpɑːsaʊt/, /ˈpasaʊt/, U.S. /ˈpæsˈaʊt/ A. adj. (attributive).
Designating a ticket or other token giving permission for a visitor or patron to leave and later re-enter a theatre, club, etc.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > type of ticket
pass-out1894
timed1895
abonnement1897
saver1977
1894 A. Chevalier Rec. by Himself 191 An attendant proffering her a pass-out check respectfully asked if she intended to return.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 1/3 The agitation for pass-out checks at the variety theatres.
1907 Daily Chron. 29 Aug. 5/6 He begged for a pass-out ticket to see how his old friends were doing down below.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 103 No fear of anyone getting out, no passout checks.
1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 133 Pass-out checks, a ticket given by the usher to permit a patron to re-enter the theatre if he, or she, leaves during the interval.
2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 160 They went to Glastonbury last year with a..sort of printing factory. They got stung..the previous year when the pass-out stamps was luminous.
B. n.
1. A loss of consciousness; a fainting fit. Also: a person who has passed out or become unconscious.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning > a faint or swoon
swimeOE
swooningc1290
swowa1325
swooningc1330
swoon1390
soundc1400
trancec1405
sweamc1415
swoundc1440
sweltingc1460
swarf1488
dwalm?a1513
sounding ecstasy?1565
sounding1580
pasme1591
death1596
lipothymy1603
deliquium1620
delique1645
fainting fit1714
drow1727
faint-fit1795
faint1808
blacking out1930
blackout1934
greyout1942
pass-out1946
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning > one who
pass-out1946
1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh ii. 115 (stage direct.) He puts his head back on his arms and closes his eyes, but this time his habitual pass-out has a quality of hiding.
1967 ‘E. Fenwick’ Passenger iv. 31 She slept like a pass-out, a total, never making a sign of any kind of consciousness.
1998 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 27 Dec. (Sports section) 79 On ordinary days such passouts shame them... They create alibis for these collapses and it seldom has to do with the drinking of whiskey.
2. A pass-out ticket.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > enabling holder to pass in and out
pass ticket1762
pass check1842
pass-out1959
1959 K. Waterhouse Billy Liar xii. 159 The Roxy was unguarded. They dodged in, giggling... ‘Where's yer pass-outs, you two?’ yelled Stamp.
1968 C. Drummond Death & Leaping Ladies iii. 61 No need for pass-outs... I'm the Manager. The pub's okay.
1986 Highland News 27 Sept. 52/4 Anyone who has paid to get into the ground will be able to use their admission ticket as a pass-out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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