| 单词 | way-bill system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasway-bill system ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > pass issued to discharged soldiers, etc. passport1548 way-ticket1866 waybill1893 1893 Times 20 Sept. 3/6 This system, which became known as the ‘waybill’ system, was worked in this way. When a destitute wayfarer left a casual ward in the morning, he could, on application, obtain a waybill or passport, on which were recorded..the day and hour at which the bearer left it, and the route on which he was travelling, [etc.]. 1894 Charity Organ. Rev. Jan. 21 Mr. Wright speaks highly of the success of the ‘waybill’ system, which he describes as ‘an automatic filter’ to separate the honest labourer from the professional vagrant. 1897 Church Times 20 Aug. 187/1 Any poor traveller..will be..fed, lodged, and passed on, the following morning, with a stamped way-bill, to the next lodging-house on the route. < as lemmas |
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