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tie-pass [< tie, q.v. + pass card or slip entitling bearer to free passage on a train] West, Slang

• n. a trip on foot along a railway track.

  See also: tie  

  • 1912  I shall have to work my passage on handcars and doubtless by tie pass.
  • 1918  "Out of town by the first train that comes in--East or West. . . ." "We ain't got the price," was the somewhat aggrieved answer. "Then take a 'tie pass,' d--n you," said the Sergeant grimly.