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walking paperses

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walking papers

 
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–noun Informal.
a notification of dismissal.
Origin:
1815–25, Americanism
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walking papers

Notice of dismissal. To “get one's walking papers” is to be fired.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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walking papers

  1. n.
    a notice of being fired, released, divorced, etc. : I hope I don't get my walking papers today. I need this job.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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