|
|
Definition of Go-as-you-please
1. Adjective. Not bound by rule or law or convention. "Bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Go-as-you-please
Literary usage of Go-as-you-please
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1887)
"We ask whether everything that is left to private enterprise can properly b« said
to be left to a " go-as-you-please system." If so, all we can say is, ..."
2. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... and dramatic societies— Business control and discipline puts an end to the
old style of " go-as-you-please "—A few tales about unprofessional players. ..."
3. Rudyard Kipling with the British Fleet by Rudyard Kipling (1915)
"We'll duck and we'll dive underneath the North Seas, Until we strike something
that doesn't expect us, From here to Cuxhaven it's go-as-you- please. ..."
4. A Second New Book of Patience Games by Ernest Bergholt (1917)
"X go-as-you-please (WITH Two WHIST PACKS) DEAL out eight cards, face upwards, in
a row. Put out any aces and 2's that there may be among them (but not more ..."
Other Resources:
