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TICKET-OF-LEAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ticket-of-leave mean?
• TICKET-OF-LEAVE (noun)
The noun TICKET-OF-LEAVE has 1 sense:
1. a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
Familiarity information: TICKET-OF-LEAVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ticket-of-leave" is a kind of...):
laissez passer; pass (a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions)
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