paper-dropping

Updated: May 1, 2025

He spoke as if somebody had been playing hare-and-hounds, and scattering the scent on the stairs. This sort of thing sometimes made him regret the old days. In Blunt's Stores, Rule Sixty-seven imposed a fine of half-a-crown on employees convicted of paper-dropping. "I " began his lordship. "Why" Sir Thomas straightened himself "it's addressed to you." "I was just going to pick it up.

P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - The Intrusion of Jimmy