rigmarole
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This road," added the Wizard, "leads to Rigmarole Town.
From The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
"It's a rigmarole because the boy is a Rigmarole and we've come to Rigmarole Town."
From The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
O the "cabriolets, neatflies," and blue twaddlers of both sexes therein, that drive many a poor Mrs. Rigmarole to the Devil!*—As for me, I continue doing as nearly nothing as I can manage.
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas
Miss Kate did know several new games; and as the girls would not, and the boys could not, eat any more, they all adjourned to the drawing-room to play "Rigmarole."
From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Alcott, Louisa May
The place seemed even larger than Rigmarole Town, but was not so attractive in appearance.
From The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Vocabulary lists containing rigmarole
Boy: Tales of Childhood
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"Home" by Anton Chekhov
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