paper chase
noun
the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
paper-chasing
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a word derived from
paper chase.
Example Sentences
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"When he isn't hunting, or paper-chasing, or—baking cakes," said Bertie.
From The Knave of Diamonds by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
As for football, hockey, paper-chasing, and the other school sports, I was, of course, excluded both by my own pride and the action of the school.
From Boycotted And Other Stories by Talbot Baines Reed
Some years ago my wife met with a bad accident—a fall, out paper-chasing.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
You'll want two horses, my boy," he announced, "if you're going in for paper-chasing and the gymkhana; you might chance on a bargain, too.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
You join Olga's hockey team, and go paper-chasing with her too.
From The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
