second papers
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of second papers
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Perhaps it is no accident that the papers Hearst owns in Los Angeles, Boston and Seattle are the troubled second papers in those cities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of the second papers now in deepest trouble were slowest to abandon the autocratic attitudes that gave them their character.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the difficulties which hinder them from getting their second papers sooner is the fact that they must have some one certify that he has actually known them for a period of five years.
From A Stake in the Land by Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek
On the first night he carries with him money—on the second, papers.
From After Dark by Wilkie Collins
Only a few of the adult male settlers have second papers; about nine tenths have first papers, while the rest are totally unnaturalized.
From A Stake in the Land by Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek
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