bad paper
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, citing her bad paper, denied her a veteran’s license plate.
From Time ● May 18, 2016
About half the clients suffer from combat-related PTSD, traumatic brain injury, or sexual assault, said Tyrone Beach, a service officer at the center, and many have bad paper.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2015
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
It is the best juvenile paper published, and is even not a bad paper for old folks to read.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Elverson, James
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