1 October 2016

laissez-passer

[les-ey-pa-sey; French le-sey-pah-sey]

noun, plural laissez-passers French, laissez-passer.

1. a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.

Origin of laissez-passer

< French: literally, allow to pass

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Examples from the Web for laissez-passer

Historical Examples

Some people will say, You are partisans, then, of the laissez passer ?
Economic Sophisms
Frederic Bastiat

Had the Spanish authorities the courage to utter the magic words “Laissez faire, laissez passer !”
A Visit to the Philippine Islands
John Bowring

On one of them was found a laissez passer in the name of Edward Seyer, of Badonviller.
Current History, A Monthly Magazine
New York Times

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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

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On this day

1 October – International Day of Older Persons.

1 October – World Vegetarian Day.

1 October 1867 – ‘Das Kapital‘ by Karl Marx first published.

1 October 1869 – The world’s first postcards are issued in Vienna, Austria.

1 October 1893 – birth of Yip Man, Wing Chun Kung Fu grand-master. Immortalised in the movie, Ip Man. Died 2 December 1972.

1 October 1908 – the Model T Ford rolls out.

1 October 1918 – Damascus captured by Arab forces under the direction of Lawrence of Arabia (T.E. Lawrence) in World War I.

1 October 1942 – Little Golden Books commences publishing.

1 October 1957 – United States commences printing ‘In God We Trust’ on its paper currency.

1 October 1958 – Britain transfers Christmas Island to Australia.