yellow ticket en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A personal identification document of a prostitute in the Russian Empire.
“[…] When my own daughter first went out with a yellow ticket, then I had to go... (for my daughter has a yellow passport),” he added in parenthesis, looking with a certain uneasiness at the young man.
1914, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, Crime and Punishment, part I, chapter II:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yellow tickets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (1)
ru жёлтый биле́т (personal identification document of a prostitute in the Russian Empire)