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ticket-of-leave man

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Definitions of ticket-of-leave man words

  • noun ticket-of-leave man (formerly in Britain) a convict who had a permit to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him 0
  • noun ticket-of-leave man a convicted person whose sentence had not expired, set conditionally at liberty by issuance of a revocable permit (ticket of leave) 0

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Parts of speech for Ticket-of-leave man

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ticket-of-leave man popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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