laisser passer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At the station at Dunkirk, when I admitted I had no laisser passer, an obliging gendarme led me to his commander, and he placed his visée on my passport without question.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
Moved by contemptuous curiosity, the two officers examined the miller’s laisser passer by the light of an electric torch.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Louis Tracy
Restrained within its natural limits, the famous laisser faire and laisser passer of the Physiocrates deserves even to-day our respect and our confidence.
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
We are all named in the laisser passer.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Louis Tracy
A letter from one of the authorities, which was a species of unofficial laisser passer, was read, and then a sort of council of war was held about what ought to be done with me.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
