Woosterian

Or as Mrs Maine put it, would, "Lord Peter Wimsey -- who was apt to launch into Woosterian dialogue to disarm his suspects...have considered Bertie an insufferable ass or would he have actually liked him"?

Lance Mannion: 2004

Yesterday I spent waaaaay too much time wondering if Lord Peter Wimsey -- who was apt to launch into Woosterian dialogue to disarm his suspects -- would have considered Bertie an insufferable ass, or if he might have actually liked him.

Animal control 2004

Or as Mrs Maine put it, would, "Lord Peter Wimsey -- who was apt to launch into Woosterian dialogue to disarm his suspects...have considered Bertie an insufferable ass or would he have actually liked him"?

Code of the Woosters, Code of the Wimseys 2004

Well, without any comparable numbers that's a claim clearly open to dispute - particularly given that it is Americans who are most likely to identify with the stereotyped image of Britain as a land staffed by Woosterian butlers.

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