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 • Jul. 9, 2022

The police search also uncovered, tucked in a prayer book, a claim check for baggage at a Manchester rail station.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once, after handing in his coat at a Moscow restaurant, he showed the claim check sadly to his companion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each child is identified by < a numbered claim check signed by a parent.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson