bum check
bum check
A money order given as payment when the account being drawn upon does not or will not have adequate funds for the order to clear. Primarily heard in US. My ex-husband was so addicted to shopping that, by the end of our marriage, he had started writing bum checks just to keep making purchases. Being in debt has always scared the hell out of me, so I've made sure to never write a bum check in my life.
See also: bum, check
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bum check
n. a bad check; a forged check. (see also paper.) I never wrote a bum check in my life.
See also: bum, check
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- pass a bum check
- write a bum check
- on the order of
- place an order
- place an/the/(one's) order
- in order
- order from
- order from (someone or something)
- order in
- in working order