rigmarole

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"Pretty much like our own days," said Mr. Rigmarole.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

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

"That is true," Omby Amby added; "Flutterbudget Center and Rigmarole Town are called 'the Defensive Settlements of Oz.'"

From The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

Rigmarole, however, can be a very agreeable thing in its way, and De Quincey has carried it to a point of perfection never reached by any other rigmaroler.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George