walking papers

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Before that, Karl Dorrell left the crosstown rivalry with his walking papers in 2007, a day after being trampled by the Trojans for the fourth time in five seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2021

Thirty-three years of service and this is what you get: your walking papers, with maybe a medal thrown in.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2020

We’re a week away from Black Monday, the NFL’s annual flurry of head coaches being given their walking papers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2019

Now-former Baltimore Raven Jordan Lasley got his walking papers Wednesday after a crazy week that included fighting with teammates, scoring a touchdown and inexplicably throwing a football into a pond.

From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2019

"You'll be lucky if that mistake doesn't give you your walking papers," said the foreman.

From Flip's "Islands of Providence" by Bonsall, Elizabeth Fearne