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ticket-porter

ticket-porter noun: a porter licensed by the City of London Corporation; an official street porter in London.

Noun

ticket-porter (plural ticket-porters)

  1. (historical) A porter licensed by the City of London Corporation; an official street porter in London.
    • [H]is servant put in his hand a packet, which had been delivered by a ticket-porter at the door.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 83, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • [T]he production of a certificate to the governor of the said society of tackle-house and ticket-porters for the time being, from the clerk of the company to which such porter belongs, of such bond having been duly entered into by such porter, should be deemed and taken to be fully sufficient.1843, John Scott, Scott's New Reports in the Court of Common Pleas, page 47

Forms of ticket-porter

pluralticket-porters
alternative formticket porter

Questions about ticket-porter

What does ticket-porter mean?
Ticket-porter means a porter licensed by the City of London Corporation; an official street porter in London.
What part of speech is ticket-porter?
Ticket-porter is a noun.
What is the plural of ticket-porter?
The plural of ticket-porter is ticket-porters.

Words near ticket-porter in the dictionary

  1. ticket-holder
  2. ticket-holders
  3. ticket-inspector
  4. ticket-inspectors
  5. ticket-of-leave
  6. ticket-porter
  7. ticket-porters
  8. ticket-puncher
  9. ticket-punchers
  10. ticket-stamping machine
  11. ticket-stamping machines

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