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a rubber check

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a rubber check

  (American humorous)

a cheque (= a piece of paper from someone's bank that they sign and use for money) that is not worth anything because the person does not have enough money in the bank The woman was accused of writing more than $100,000 in rubber checks to pay for expensive jewelry.

See also: check, rubber