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The kids are still paper-chasing, and Miss Campion, overcome by the heat, has retired to bed.

From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

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 Reed, Talbot Baines

You join Olga's hockey team, and go paper-chasing with her too.

From The Way of an Eagle by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

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 Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)

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 Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)