tramping-cardn. a certificate issued to a member of a trade organization, entitling him to maintenance while tramping in search of employment.
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1897 S. Webb & B. WebbIndustr. Democracy I. ii. i. 153 And ‘out-of-work pay’, from the old-fashioned ‘tramping card’ to the modern ‘donation’ given when a member loses his employment by the temporary breakdown of machinery.