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Behnazzz Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

tickts of leave

More than 150 years ago, his ancestors were given their tickets-of-leave at Port Arthur.

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What is the meaning of tickets of leave?

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I initially thought it must have been the papers authorizing them to leave the country, but then it must be this one: ----------- Main Entry: ticket-of-leave Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural tickets-of-leave : a license or permit formerly given in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth to a convict under imprisonment to go at large and to labor for himself subject to certain specific conditions Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged -----------

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  • I initially thought it must have been the papers authorizing them to leave the country, but then it must be this one: ----------- Main Entry: ticket-of-leave Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural tickets-of-leave : a license or permit formerly given in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth to a convict under imprisonment to go at large and to labor for himself subject to certain specific conditions Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged -----------
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I initially thought it must have been the papers authorizing them to leave the country, but then it must be this one:

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Main Entry: ticket-of-leave

Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural tickets-of-leave

 : a license or permit formerly given in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth to a con
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