punch list
n.— «Archtects met with the board to go over what they term “punch-list items,” the checking and double-checking of numerous interior details.» —“School Board Gets Report on Construction” Press-Gazette (Hillsboro, Ohio) Nov. 5, 1965. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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