"Prelim" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Well, come along with us for a 'prelim,'" suggested Arthur, in the true scout spirit ...
— The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey • Robert Shaler
... cried the blood; "that was the thirty-eighth you met upon the stairs, and the day's still young. Excuse my staring at you. Yes, you pass your prelim., and can come inside; you're one of the few. We had most just after breakfast, but now the porter's heading off the worst cases, and that last chap was the first for twenty minutes. ...
— Raffles - Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman • E. W. Hornung |
