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单词 way-ticket
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Definition of way-ticket in English:

way-ticket

noun ˈweɪˌtɪkɪt
historical
  • 1A ticket for travel on a train, coach, boat, etc.; (US) specifically one for travel to a way station or as a way passenger.

  • 2British. A pass issued by a Poor Law union to a destitute person in search of work so as to distinguish him or her from a vagrant or beggar.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Foreign Monthly Review. From way + ticket.

Definition of way-ticket in US English:

way-ticket

nounˈweɪˌtɪkɪt
historical
  • 1A ticket for travel on a train, coach, boat, etc.; (US) specifically one for travel to a way station or as a way passenger.

  • 2British. A pass issued by a Poor Law union to a destitute person in search of work so as to distinguish him or her from a vagrant or beggar.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Foreign Monthly Review. From way + ticket.

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