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The phrase "a bum check" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a check that cannot be cashed due to insufficient funds in the account of the person who wrote it.
Example: "I tried to deposit the check he gave me, but it turned out to be a bum check."
Alternatives: "bad check" or "NSF check".
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This was a contemporary twist on an old-fashioned technique: not a hip check, now considered a fading art, but a "bum" check, in Cherry's formulation.
The gist is that CyberMiles seeks to shake up peer-to-peer marketplace shopping by making digital transactions between consumers and businesses the norm, instead of hoping that weird dude buying your old sheets and toaster oven isn't giving you a bum check, or having to use Paypal or Venmo.
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Before then, you might see the occasional bum check and they'd have no way of tracking down the issuer.
He ate two breakfasts and napped in a park, feeling "kind of like a bum," killing time until he could check in to his hotel.
"I checked it out, and it was a bum rap," Mr. Dunne said.
Be sure to check buyer reviews to make sure it's not a bum model, but Lacie, Seagate, and so on will usually be just fine.
Julie has a bum knee.
"I got a bum deal".
I'm a culture bum and an adrenalin bum – so a bum, first and foremost.
Being a bum.
Only for a bum".
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