claim check

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

I have made a careful search, and no trunk with the number on your claim-check is here.

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Such a service record has three essential parts: (a) The customer's claim check.

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Fill out the claim check and give it to the customer, tearing it off along the perforated lines.

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Because I believe 19 out of 20 would not ask for a claim check.

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And it appears at the lower part of the tag; it is in the form of a claim check; isn't that correct?

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