right-about
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“Now, remember what I’ve told you,” ordered Britt, “and I’ll go and set MacLeod to the right-about, so that you won’t have to be afraid of him if you mind your own business.”
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
Well, young lady, now you right-about face and live up to the other side of it.
From Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman by Annabel Sharp
That quick right-about had saved him from an attack, although he did not realize it.
From Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure by Eustace Hale Ball
Mrs. Tovell jealously reserved for herself the duty of scrubbing these state apartments, and sent any servant to the right-about who dared to lay unhallowed hands upon them.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Sir Leslie Stephen
If he comes about the place he's to be sent to the right-about.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
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