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pass-holdernoun Australian historicalA convict issued with a document authorizing some freedom of movement: the pass-holder was, after a time, entitled to a ticket-of-leave...- A pass-holder may be deprived of his pass altogether, at the pleasure of the Lieutenant-Governor.
- A pass-holder on arrival with eighteen months left to serve, his only transgression was to be out after hours within a few weeks of arriving.
- The gangs fell into a state of chronic revolt, while the pass-holders and ticket-of-leave men became the terror of the community.
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