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working papers

plural noun

  1. legal papers often required for employment, as by an immigrant worker or temporary employee.
  2. legal papers enabling a minor in the United States to work under certain conditions.


working papers

plural noun

  1. papers or notes showing the intermediate stages of a proposal, solution, etc, arrived at or being worked on
  2. legal documents that certain people in some countries must possess to be allowed to work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of working papers1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

For the time being, the hoods and punks were having a tough time of it, with working papers demanded as constant identification.

The Commission is now asking for working papers of an attorney.

I am not going to discuss any working papers in my possession.

All of the officers listed above attended and prepared "working papers."

As soon as she finished grammar school she was served, so to speak, with her working papers.

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