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Meaning of wolf's ticket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

In tsarist and Stalinist-era Russia, a restricted internal passport issued to those suspected or convicted of political or other crimes which limited where they could travel and reside.

historical, rare

Equivalents

Polski wilczy bilet

Русский во́лчий биле́т

Examples

“[…] now, we had narrowly escaped a terrible danger : absolutely certain expulsion with wolf's tickets two days before our graduation from the gymnasium.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

wolf's-claw wolf's-fist wolf's-foot wolf/she-wolf wolfaboo Wolfbane

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