visiting ticket

English

Noun

visiting ticket (plural visiting tickets)

1. (obsolete) A visiting card. [18th–19th c.]
   • 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 95:

     She kept a pack of visiting-tickets in her pocket-book, and, wherever she went, distributed them liberally to any strangers who were near her, or with whom she happened to play at cards.