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

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 Kincaid, J. (John)

I made a wide circumbendibus, and talked in an erudite style concerning the malady of 'Fixed Idea,' which attacks people, marring, like one single discord, the otherwise harmonious organisms.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

Ay, to-morrow evenin'; an' if we don't give him a gauliogue that'll make him dance the circumbendibus widout music—never believe that my name's any thing else than Tom Thin, that got thick upon spring wather.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

“Ah! you mean for us to make a circumbendibus over the ridge, and attack ’em from the back-side.

From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne