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Posted By: Rapparee
17-Oct-19 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Poetry: Little orphant Annie - roundabout or
Subject: RE: Folklore: Little orphant Annie - roundabout or
"roundabout (plural roundabouts)
(chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and sometimes US) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
(chiefly Britain) A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.
A fairground carousel.
A detour.
A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
(archaic) A round dance."
--https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roundabout