circumbendibus

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He   took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

Reality has to be returned to, after this long circumbendibus, though Gavroche has it already.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

Footnote 1: Schalttag, lit. 'intercalary day'--used of the 29th of February in leap years--impossible to translate except by a circumbendibus.

From The Wine-ghosts of Bremen by Hauff, Wilhelm

Well, with much ado, and a great circumbendibus, and floods of tears, and all sorts of deprecations and confusions, out came the murder at last.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Divil such a circumbendibus ever a man had as I had in gettin' as far as the nose, where I had to give up until this evenin' as I said.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William