laisser passer
Example Sentences
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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
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
We are all named in the laisser passer.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Louis Tracy
Barriers occurred frequently placed slantwise across the roads, where sentries stood with fixed bayonets, and through which no one could pass unless the laisser passer was produced.
From Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington
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
