circumbendibus
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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 William Carleton
Thirdly, A circumbendibus described by a few daring French dragoons, who succeeded in getting into the rear of our engineers' camp, at that time unguarded, and lightened some of the officers of their epaulettes.
From Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 by J. (John) Kincaid
I don’t altogether like the circumbendibus ways of that ere chap to windward.
From The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea by F.C. Tilney
And believe I will just fancy I see this place too; it sounds rather a "circumbendibus" for us this journey.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch
Reality has to be returned to, after this long circumbendibus, though Gavroche has it already.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
And do others like it if you will take circumbendibuses for sound's sake!
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Thomas Carlyle
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