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bad paper

American  

noun

Slang.
  1. a less-than-honorable discharge from military service.


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

It had been bad paper, Owens said, and he’d gotten burned on the deal.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2014

But if any one has told you that it is a bad paper, in that sense, you have been misinformed.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard