Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
red-tapism .
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Examples
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What a pity that, owing to judicial red-tapery, I am prohibited from popping in upon him at lunch and importuning him to pronounce a decree in my favour!
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895
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