mock-apology

Updated: May 16, 2025

"Now, I've been sent by some boys at the back," said Penny, "to tell you that what you've got to do is to go up to Fillet's room and tender him a mock-apology for losing the Cup for his house. We're to cheer ironically and hoot down here, and make a hell of a noise.

Ernest Raymond - Tell England: A Study in a Generation