ticket of leave

or ticket-of-leave

noun, plural tickets of leave.British.

(formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.

Origin of ticket of leave

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby ticket of leave

ticket, ticket agency, ticket agent, ticket day, ticket office, ticket of leave, tickets, ticket scalper, ticket tout, tickety-boo, tickey

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Example sentences from the Web for ticket of leave

This great dispute in the iron trade of Keighley, about the year 1871, was known as the “ticket-of-leave” strike.
Adventures and Recollections|Bill o'th' Hoylus End
The property would be my wife's, and she would come out to me, and in a year or two I should get a ticket-of-leave.
A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3)|G. A. Henty
Jowett is happy to announce that Plato is theologically sound, and gives him a ticket-of-leave to walk anywhere in England.
Atlantic Classics, Second Series|Henry C. Merwin
I got my ticket-of-leave, and worked for myself, chiefly at bullock-driving.
Grif|B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

His uniform good conduct gained him release from Portland on ticket-of-leave in 1882, just twenty years after his conviction.
The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2|Arthur Griffiths

British Dictionary definitions for ticket of leave

ticket of leave

noun

(formerly in Britain) a permit allowing a convict (ticket-of-leave man) to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him

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单词	ticket of leave
释义	ticket of leave or ticket-of-leave noun, plural tickets of leave.British. (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole. Origin of ticket of leave First recorded in 1725–35 Words nearby ticket of leave ticket, ticket agency, ticket agent, ticket day, ticket office, ticket of leave, tickets, ticket scalper, ticket tout, tickety-boo, tickey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ticket of leave This great dispute in the iron trade of Keighley, about the year 1871, was known as the “ticket-of-leave” strike. Adventures and Recollections\|Bill o'th' Hoylus End The property would be my wife's, and she would come out to me, and in a year or two I should get a ticket-of-leave. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3)\|G. A. Henty Jowett is happy to announce that Plato is theologically sound, and gives him a ticket-of-leave to walk anywhere in England. Atlantic Classics, Second Series\|Henry C. Merwin I got my ticket-of-leave, and worked for myself, chiefly at bullock-driving. Grif\|B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon His uniform good conduct gained him release from Portland on ticket-of-leave in 1882, just twenty years after his conviction. The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2\|Arthur Griffiths British Dictionary definitions for ticket of leave ticket of leave noun (formerly in Britain) a permit allowing a convict (ticket-of-leave man) to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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