yellow-ticket

Updated: July 23, 2025

Here lived an old woman in a blue sun-bonnet; and she handed Joby a yellow-ticket. "But why does she wear a blue bonnet and give yellow tickets?" Taffy asked, as they drove on. Joby considered for a minute. "Ah, you're one to take notice, I see. That's right, keep your eyes skinned when you travel." Taffy had to think this out. The country was changing now.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - The Ship of Stars