Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A railway or other ticket good for only one day, usually the day of issue.

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Examples

  • Befriend your local tackle dealer, and ask about clubs and day-ticket waters nearby.

    We're all hooked on fishing now 2010

  • Befriend your local tackle dealer, and ask about clubs and day-ticket waters nearby.

    We're all hooked on fishing now 2010

  • He looked through the letter a second time, folded it up, put it in his pocket, and went about his usual affairs; but the expression did not leave his face all day; and the next morning he took a day-ticket by the railway to Broadstone, where, as it was the day of the petty sessions, he had little doubt of meeting Mr. Edmonstone.

    The Heir of Redclyffe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The 14.5-acre business is currently run offering day-ticket trout fishing.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • Travellers are to deliver fuch tickets at the firit turnpike they pafs through, or pay is.od. for each horfe; if the horfe and carriage be hirea for the day, the turnpike-keeper fhall give the traveller a ticket in exchange, with the words "received day-ticket" on it, which ticket fhall be fhewn at every gate the traveller pafTes through that. day,, or he fhall pay is.gd. for each horfe, which the toll-gatherer fhall have to his own nfe.

    The London adviser and guide: containing every instruction and information ... 1790

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