claim check

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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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Words nearby claim check

clag, claggy, Claiborne, claim, claimant, claim check, claimer, claiming race, claim-jumper, claimsman, Clair

How to use claim check in a sentence

I have made a careful search, and no trunk with the number on your claim-check is here.
Brenda's Ward|Helen Leah Reed
Such a service record has three essential parts: (a) The customer's claim check.
The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte
Fill out the claim check and give it to the customer, tearing it off along the perforated lines.
The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte
Because I believe 19 out of 20 would not ask for a claim check.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

And it appears at the lower part of the tag; it is in the form of a claim check; isn't that correct?
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy