claim check

Idioms  

1. A receipt for property that has been left or deposited, as in Give me your claim check and I'll pick up your laundry for you. This term most often refers to a receipt for such items as laundry (left for washing), clothes (for dry cleaning), a car (for servicing), or baggage (for short-term storage). [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

Keep your baggage claim check and know your ticket and flight number.

From New York Times

Jolley exited the store with claim check No. 36432 and good news: Her embroidery machine could be fixed for about $100, and might be done in a week.

From Washington Times

Add to that the cost of doing a claim check, and the total bill could easily reach five figures, which would be beyond the means of most authors.

From Salon

After we checked our baskets and bedrolls, Sass handed me my claim check and hurried me into the street, where she hailed a bicycle rickshaw.

From Literature

There was daycare for the children of visitors, and much fun was made of the fact that when you left your child at the Children’s Building, you received a claim check in return.

From Literature