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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 restrictionsplay

  Familiarity information: TICKET-OF-LEAVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TICKET-OF-LEAVE (noun)


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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