second papers
plural noun
(before 1952) an official petition for naturalization by a resident alien desiring to become a U.S. citizen, filed two years after the first papers and upon having lived in the United States for five years.
Origin of second papers
1An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
- Compare first papers, citizenship papers.
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