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pass-out|ˈpɑːsaʊt, -æ-|
[pass-.]
a. (A document giving) permission to leave and re-enter a theatre, etc.; also attrib. in pass-out check, pass-out ticket.
1894A. Chevallier Record by Himself 191 An attendant proffering her a pass-out check respectfully asked if she intended to return. 1896Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 1/3 The agitation for pass-out checks at the variety theatres. 1907Daily Chron. 29 Aug. 5/6 He begged for a pass-out ticket to see how his old friends were doing down below. 1922Joyce Ulysses 106 No fear of anyone getting out, no passout checks. 1952Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 133 Pass-out checks, a ticket given by the usher to permit a patron to re-enter the theatre if he, or she, leaves during the interval. 1959K. Waterhouse Billy Liar xii. 159 The Roxy was unguarded. They dodged in, giggling... ‘Where's yer pass-outs, you two?’ yelled Stamp. ‘Hey, mister, they're getting in for nix!’ 1962J. Wain Strike Father Dead 60, I stuck to Lucille till the dance ended. At one point she suggested that we should get pass-outs and go out for a drink. 1968C. Drummond Death & Leaping Ladies iii. 61 No need for pass-outs... I'm the Manager. The pub's okay.
b. A fit of unconsciousness. Also, one who has become unconscious (cf. pass v. 66 c).
1946E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh ii. 115 He puts his head back on his arms and closes his eyes, but this time his habitual pass-out has a quality of hiding. 1949Esquire's Handbk. for Hosts 272 There is small pleasure to be derived from finding yourself with an eighteen-year-old passout on your hands. 1967E. Fenwick Passenger iv. 31 She slept like a pass-out, a total, never making a sign of any kind of consciousness. |