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Roundabout   /rˈaʊndəbˌaʊt/   Listen
noun
Roundabout  n.  
1.
A large horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round; a carousel. (British)
2.
A dance performed in a circle.
3.
A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.
4.
A state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor and vicissitude.
5.
A traffic circle. (Chiefly British)


adjective
Roundabout  adj.  
1.
Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. "We have taken a terrible roundabout road."
2.
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. "Large, sound, roundabout sense."





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"Roundabout" Quotes from Famous Books



... it?" said Johnny Stout (Mabel her laugh must smother), As he straightened himself in his roundabout, And said, "I'll sing you another." He sang and whistled with might and main, Till Mabel's ears were a-ringing, And she stopped them up, and exclaimed again "Why, Johnny, ...
— Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... revenge on the spy by making his task as difficult as she could. If she detected him in time lying in wait in the bushes by the front of the Pavilion, she would slip out at the back, and reach her favourite haunts by a roundabout path screened by yew hedges, while he imagined her to be still indoors. He was really such an unsuspicious spy that there was hardly any fun in baffling him. She had done so with the usual success one hot afternoon, and was making for a tree under which she ...
— In Brief Authority • F. Anstey
... impossible. A total defeat, on the other hand, would have extinguished the will itself and obliterated every human impulse seeking expression. Man's existence is proof enough that nature was not altogether unpropitious, but offered, in an unlooked-for direction, some thoroughfare to the soul. Roundabout imperfect methods were discovered by which something at least of what was craved might be secured. The individual perished, yet not without having segregated and detached a certain portion of himself ...
— The Life of Reason • George Santayana
... past few months the telephone service in the neighborhood of Dexter's Corners had been greatly improved and the lines could be connected with nearly all of the villages and towns roundabout. ...
— The Rover Boys in the Air - From College Campus to the Clouds • Edward Stratemeyer
... and not beginning by hating everybody and thinking who they are not. Aunt Phyllis is very nice indeed, and sometimes her eyes and mouth get like Mysie's, and her voice is just exactly yours. Only she is plump and roundabout, not a dear, tall, graceful figure like my White Lily Aunt. Please don't call it nonsense, for indeed I mean it, and Aunt Phyllis does like your photograph so much. I have the whole group hung up in my room, and ...
— The Two Sides of the Shield • Charlotte M. Yonge


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