From en.wiktionary.org:
[expirée]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] In penal colonies of early Australia , a convict whose sentence had been served. [1]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1874 | author= [Marcus Clarke] | title=For the Term of His Natural Life | section=IV.2
|passage=[W]hen the year after, John Carr blossomed into an " EXPIREE", master
of a fine wife and a fine fortune, there were many about him who would have
made his existence in Australia pleasant enough.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1984 | author=Lloyd Evans; Paul Llewellyn Nicholls | title=Convicts and Colonial Society, 1788-1868 | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CFIFAQAAIAAJ&q=%22expiree%22%7C%22expirees%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22expiree%22%7C%22expirees%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_TpKT_aPEMipiAefiNGODg&redir_esc=y | page=276
|passage=According to the census of 1870 the number of men still under the
charge of the authorities is about four thousand, including those still in
confinement; EXPIREES being classed as free men.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
**** See also
- [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. 1916 , 吴语: Ernest Scott , _A Short History of Australia_ , Chapter V, see http://gutenberg.net.au/pgaus.html#scott .