bad paper
Americannoun
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A friend eventually hired him to work at a photo-booth company, and Goldsmith began contacting members of Congress to press for health care for veterans with bad paper.
From Washington Times • May 25, 2018
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, citing her bad paper, denied her a veteran’s license plate.
From Time • May 18, 2016
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
Professor Meltzer deduces that the gold standard doesn’t work for one country alone; the bad paper money corrupts the good.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2011
I might touch other abuses, as bad paper, incorrect printing, and false advertising; and all of which and worse are to be expected, if a careful author is not at the heels of them.'
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)
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