jumping visa
n.— «Two Vietnamese detainees escaped from Maribyrnong Detention Centre on Saturday and a third broke his leg trying to jump the fence yesterday. The two scaled the facility’s fence following a volleyball game. “They got a jumping visa,” a detainee said of the term used to describe their escape.» —“Detainees escape centre” by Sarah Smiles The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Jan. 13, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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