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ticket-of-leave

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Noun1.ticket-of-leave - a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
laissez passer, pass - a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"


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And Michaelis, the ticket-of-leave apostle - you don't mean to say you don't know where he is?
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context
It sounds to you like saying the Archbishop of Canterbury's daughter will be married in St George's, Hanover Square, to a crossing-sweeper on ticket-of-leave.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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