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paperchases

paperchases is the plural of paperchase.

Meaning of paperchase

Noun

paperchase (plural paperchases)

  1. A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
  2. (broadly) An administration process involving cross-references between many documents; the following of a paper trail.
  3. (figuratively) 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.1953, Ian Fleming, “L’Ennemi Écoute”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 28

Questions about paperchases

What is paperchases the plural of?
Paperchases is the plural of paperchase.

Words near paperchases in the dictionary

  1. paperboys
  2. paperbush
  3. paperchain
  4. paperchains
  5. paperchase
  6. paperchases
  7. paperchip
  8. paperchips
  9. paperclay
  10. paperclip
  11. paperclip maximizer

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