Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The game of hare and hounds, so called from the bits of paper scattered as “scent” by the “hares” to guide the pursuit of the “hounds.”
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Examples
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Too giddy to set about the Rev before the paper-chase at sparrow-fart.
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Carok as instructed to follow up on what Gus was certain would be a paper-chase through registry. just see what files he pulls, and how he cross-indexes them.
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Thankfully, our doctor had alerted the emergency room staff of our impending arrival, so we advanced through the paper-chase inherent in such visits relatively quickly.
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"I was born to confusion and totally immersed in it for several years, owning three different names until the age of fourteen and living in about thirty different hotels, lodgings and flats, each of which was hailed as 'home' until such time as my mother and I flitted, leaving behind, like a paper-chase, a wake of unpaid bills."
The End Of An Era 2008
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The pain will make October 1929 look like a paper-chase.
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The marathon was not then a popular activity so it was either the mile, the three-miles, the cross-country and that environmentally unfriendly delight, the paper-chase.
George Orwell FAQ - George Orwell: The Chestnut Tree Cafe 2003
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These thoughts were only partially consoling, for after all fighting the poor Indians, compared with taking part in a real European war, was only like riding in a paper-chase instead of in the Grand National.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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These thoughts were only partially consoling, for after all fighting the poor Indians, compared with taking part in a real European war, was only like riding in a paper-chase instead of in the Grand National.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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These thoughts were only partially consoling, for after all fighting the poor Indians, compared with taking part in a real European war, was only like riding in a paper-chase instead of in the Grand National.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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The marathon was not then a popular activity so it was either the mile, the three-miles, the cross-country and that environmentally unfriendly delight, the paper-chase.
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