The man says this in a tone of apology, as though accustomed to making explanations for lack of attention to business; and as he leads the way he is not at all like the jolly fellow who laughed so immoderately, while leaning against the building, at his own weak joke; but perhaps he is one thing when on duty, and another when he is out airing himself.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
G.'s maid had just opened my overland trunk to give the contents an airing, and now my collars are pulp and rose pink from the lining of the collar box, so I must call on the barber who runs a shop on board.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
Captain Gronow, when a boy at Eton, saw the Queen in company with the King taking an airing on the Terrace at Windsor, and relates "that her royal nose was covered with snuff both within and without."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews