paper

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paper definition


  1. n.
    a written document; written evidence supporting something. (Often with some.) : Send me some paper. Let's make this official.
  2. n.
    a forged check. (See also paper-pusher; paper-hanger.) : She was arrested for passing paper.
  3. n.
    money. : You don't get the goods till I get the paper.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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paper

In addition to the idiom beginning with paper, also see on paper; push paper; walking papers.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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