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ticket-of-leave

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  • noun A permit once granted to convicts allowing them to leave prison under certain circumstances; used especially of convicts transported to the British colonies

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. laissez passer
  2. pass

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. cherry-red
  2. churchgoing
  3. clean-living
  4. conduce
  5. demure-looking
  6. double-damned
  7. freedom-loving
  8. fresh-cooked
  9. golfclub
  10. java-compliant
  11. jury
  12. newly-arrived
  13. ninety-seven
  14. polygamic
  15. preindustrial
  16. runaway
  17. substantial-looking
  18. unexacting
  19. unpardoned
  20. well-drest
  21. well-imagined

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  • chained_bear commented on the word ticket-of-leave

    "'How can he be approached?'

    "'As he is a ticket-of-leave man, it is not difficult. A word left at Riley's hotel would bring him to a discreet meeting-place...'" (303)

    and...

    "'...two were sent to Norfolk Island.'

    "'Where is that?'

    "'Far out in the ocean. A thousand miles, I believe. A penal station that was meant to terrify the convicts here into submission. They were so ill-used that they are not in their right minds any more. For the rest, some are still assigned servants and some are ticket-of-leave men...'"

    --Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 312

    March 9, 2008