certificate of character
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That is the certificate of character which she takes as guarantee of happiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The police first refused to give Stephen the usual "certificate of character" that most travelers carry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Immediately the part of the press of the country representing special privileges, which has always denounced and caricatured Mr Ford, gives him a certificate of character and with open arms welcomes him to its ranks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such discharges, which were not uncommon at that time, omitted the certificate of character which entitled the soldier to reenlistment.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover
Hardly a bigamist climbed into the dock—and there was an apparently endless stream of them—to whom the local police did not give a glowing certificate of character.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert
