bad paper
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, citing her bad paper, denied her a veteran’s license plate.
From Time ● May 18, 2016
As the nation celebrates Veterans Day on Wednesday, however, there is new hope for veterans whose psychological wounds from combat may explain the misconduct that earned them that bad paper.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2015
That’s what Robert Szczerba should have written, if he’d looked at the real science instead of one really bad paper.
From Forbes ● Jan. 20, 2015
And the companies engaging in the most grievous behavior — like falsely threatening lawsuits or collecting on bad paper — tend to be the smaller operators.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2014
There were a great many petty banks, Richard, and, of course, plenty of bad paper.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles
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