paperchase
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paperchase
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From paper + chase.
noun paperchases · paper chase · paper-chase
- A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
- An administration process involving cross-references between many documents; the following of a paper trail.
- Any long line of white objects or things. He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, and watched the small Waves lick the long seashore and the fishing-fleet from Dieppe string out towards the June heat-haze followed by a paper-chase of herring-gulls.
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noun a cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route
| Français | rallie-papier |
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Talk about this word "paperchase." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paperchase. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. paperchase. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paperchase "paperchase." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paperchase.
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@misc{paperchase_2026,
title = {paperchase},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paperchase},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
