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Round

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A watchman’s beat. He starts from one point, and comes round again to the same place.

To walk the Round. The lawyers used frequently to give interviews to their clients in the Round church; and “walking the Round” meant loitering about the Round church, under the hope of being hired for a witness.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Rouge Croix
Rouge Dragon
Rouge et Noir (French, red and black)
Rough-hewn
Rough Music
Rough-shod
Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready
Roughs (The)
Rouncival
Round
Round (To)
Round Dealing
Round Numbers (In)
Round Peg
Round Robin
Round Sum
Round Table
Round as a Ball;
Roundabout (A)
Roundheads

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