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WALKING PAPERS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does walking papers mean?
• WALKING PAPERS (noun)
The noun WALKING PAPERS has 1 sense:
1. (informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge
Familiarity information: WALKING PAPERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
marching orders; walking papers
Hypernyms ("walking papers" is a kind of...):
dismissal; dismission; pink slip (official notice that you have been fired from your job)
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