英语词汇“to work one's ticket”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A pay-warrant; esp. a discharge warrant in which the amount of pay due to a soldier or sailor is certified. Also, any certificate of discharge from service, prison, etc.; frequently in to work one's ticket, to obtain (by scheming) one's discharge.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [noun] > payment for discharge of recruit

ticketa1599

smart money1760

smart1802

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > manage or manoeuvre

to shuffle the cards1570

to work one's ticketa1599

manoeuvre1801

to work the oracle1823

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > certificate of discharge

ticketa1599

undesirable discharge1911

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement > order for or certificate of

demission1554

ticket1869

release form1906

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (intransitive)] > obtain one's discharge

to work one's ticket1899

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 77 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) There should bee a Pay-master appointed, of speciall trust, which should pay every man according to his Captaines Ticket, and the accompt of the Clerke of his Band.

1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Dec. (1972) VI. 319 Mr. Stevens (who is..paying of seamen of their tickets at Depford).

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. xiv. 266 Gascoigne having received his discharge-ticket, went on board of the Rebiera.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 299 The sailors were paid with so little punctuality that they were glad to find some usurer who would purchase their tickets at forty per cent discount.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Ticket, Seaman's, a register ticket given to seamen from the General Register and Record office of Seamen.

1869 Temple Bar XXV. 217 ‘Coiners’..as a rule returned to their profession as soon as they got their ‘ticket’. Prison is..a great punishment to such men.

1899 H. Wyndham Queen's Service xxxiii. 231 It is a comparatively easy matter for a discontented man to ‘work his ticket’.

1919 Athenæum 15 Aug. 759/1 ‘Working one's ticket’ means taking steps, such as feigning insanity or sickness, in order to get discharged from the army.

1919 Punch 16 Apr. 308/2 Yes, Sir, got my ticket last month—only been back on my old job a fortnight.

1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke iv. 77 He..attempted to work his ticket to one of these new-style open prisons.

1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxiv. 56 My boss boy has worked his ticket... Can you see that I get a good man to replace him?

单词	to work one's ticket
释义	> as lemmas to work one's ticket a. A pay-warrant; esp. a discharge warrant in which the amount of pay due to a soldier or sailor is certified. Also, any certificate of discharge from service, prison, etc.; frequently in to work one's ticket, to obtain (by scheming) one's discharge. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [noun] > payment for discharge of recruit ticketa1599 smart money1760 smart1802 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > manage or manoeuvre to shuffle the cards1570 to work one's ticketa1599 manoeuvre1801 to work the oracle1823 society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > certificate of discharge ticketa1599 undesirable discharge1911 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement > order for or certificate of demission1554 ticket1869 release form1906 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (intransitive)] > obtain one's discharge to work one's ticket1899 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 77 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) There should bee a Pay-master appointed, of speciall trust, which should pay every man according to his Captaines Ticket, and the accompt of the Clerke of his Band. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Dec. (1972) VI. 319 Mr. Stevens (who is..paying of seamen of their tickets at Depford). 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. xiv. 266 Gascoigne having received his discharge-ticket, went on board of the Rebiera. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 299 The sailors were paid with so little punctuality that they were glad to find some usurer who would purchase their tickets at forty per cent discount. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Ticket, Seaman's, a register ticket given to seamen from the General Register and Record office of Seamen. 1869 Temple Bar XXV. 217 ‘Coiners’..as a rule returned to their profession as soon as they got their ‘ticket’. Prison is..a great punishment to such men. 1899 H. Wyndham Queen's Service xxxiii. 231 It is a comparatively easy matter for a discontented man to ‘work his ticket’. 1919 Athenæum 15 Aug. 759/1 ‘Working one's ticket’ means taking steps, such as feigning insanity or sickness, in order to get discharged from the army. 1919 Punch 16 Apr. 308/2 Yes, Sir, got my ticket last month—only been back on my old job a fortnight. 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke iv. 77 He..attempted to work his ticket to one of these new-style open prisons. 1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxiv. 56 My boss boy has worked his ticket... Can you see that I get a good man to replace him? extracted from ticketn.¹ < as lemmas
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