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Walking papers   /wˈɔkɪŋ pˈeɪpərz/   Listen
Walking papers

noun
1.
(informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge.  Synonym: marching orders.





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"Walking papers" Quotes from Famous Books



... case, the employer thinks no farther than to give a clerk his walking papers, and to show him the door. They never pause to remember that they were probably the primal cause of his downfall; neither will they make amends, by even giving him the good name he brought to them, for another situation. ...
— The Brother Clerks - A Tale of New-Orleans • Xariffa


Words linked to "Walking papers" :   dismission, marching orders, pink slip, dismissal


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