certificate of character
Example Sentences
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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
The police first refused to give Stephen the usual "certificate of character" that most travelers carry.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is the certificate of character which she takes as guarantee of happiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each copy given away seemed to Rigby like a certificate of character; a property which, like all men of dubious repute, he thoroughly appreciated.
From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
“That is hardly a desirable certificate of character for my daughter’s suitor,” said Colonel Carrington.
From Lorimer of the Northwest by Dewey, Alfred James
