visiting ticket

noun

A visiting card.

First used 18th–19th c.

Meanings

nounvisiting ticket (plural visiting tickets)

plural visiting tickets

  1. obsoleteA visiting card.First known use 18th–19th c.

    She kept a pack of visiting-tickets in her pocket-book, and, wherever she went, distributed them liberally to any strangers who were near her, or with whom she happened to play at cards.

    1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 95
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