bad check
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One intimate claimed McCarthy knew “every gambler, hustler, pool shark, and bad check artist” in east Tennessee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Spina wrote the bad check, and T.J. handed over his Super Bowl ring, still inside its black box, along with rings from his college football years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Instead of honoring the promises in the Constitution, King said “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
It exemplifies Peck’s finger-in-the-chest attitude, as if to say, you think this domestic scenario is bad, check out what real relationships are like.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2019
The innocent person who advances the money has the right to assume that the borrower is not offering him a bad check.
From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Arthur Cheney Train
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