wolf's ticket
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Russian во́лчий биле́т (vólčij bilét), calque of Polish wilczy bilet.
Noun[edit]
wolf's ticket (plural wolf's tickets)
- (rare, historical) In tsarist and Stalinist-era Russia, a restricted internal passport issued to those suspected or convicted of political or other crimes which limited where they could travel and reside.
- 1967, Konstantin Paustovsky, The Story of a Life, volume 3, page 241:
- […] now, we had narrowly escaped a terrible danger : absolutely certain expulsion with wolf's tickets two days before our graduation from the gymnasium.
Usage notes[edit]
- Do not confuse with wolf ticket.
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