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tickets-of-leave

tickets-of-leave is the plural of ticket-of-leave.

Meaning of ticket-of-leave

Noun

ticket-of-leave (plural tickets-of-leave)

  1. A permit once granted to convicts allowing them to leave prison under certain circumstances; used especially of convicts transported to the British colonies
    • 1893:The prosecutrix was the wife of a ticket-of-leave man, named Daniel Jackson, and she was also separated from her husband, and lived for some time with a man named Clarke, who died on the day before the alleged robbery was committed. Clarke left a will bequeathing all his property to the...

Questions about tickets-of-leave

What is tickets-of-leave the plural of?
Tickets-of-leave is the plural of ticket-of-leave.

Words near tickets-of-leave in the dictionary

  1. ticketmates
  2. tickets
  3. tickets of leave
  4. tickets of occupation
  5. tickets to ride
  6. tickets-of-leave
  7. ticketty-boo
  8. tickety boo
  9. tickety-boo
  10. ticketyboo
  11. tickey

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