Wodehouse
Americannoun
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Wodehouse caper: “Jacqui Cutler trudged into her expansive kitchen, looking every bit as worn out and miserable as someone who had spent the morning digging potatoes, which she most certainly had not.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some Wodehouse lines are like time bombs, detonating with a momentary delay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
Its very distinctive character was affectionately lampooned by PG Wodehouse.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
Wodehouse put it in “My Man Jeeves,” if people don’t sometimes yield to them?
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
Mikey Moloney brings me P. G. Wodehouse books his father gets from the library and I have great days with Ukridge and Bertie Wooster and all the Mulliners.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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