Definitions for ticket-of-leave

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ticket-of-leave(noun)

    a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions

Wiktionary

  1. ticket-of-leave(Noun)

    A permit once granted to convicts allowing them to leave prison under certain circumstances; used especially of convicts transported to the British colonies


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