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Definition of Runaround
1. n. A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.
Definition of Runaround
1. Noun. An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses ¹
2. Noun. (printing) A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Runaround
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Runaround
1. Colloquialism for paronychia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Runaround
Literary usage of Runaround
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1918)
"A switch opposite the shanty controlled the coal track and the runaround track.
It was the duty of the plaintiff's intestate to attend ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1918)
"A switch opposite the shanty controlled the coal track and the runaround track.
It was the duty of the plaintiff's intestate to attend this switch. ..."
3. Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board with Addenda and by United States Railroad Labor Board (1921)
"If he has been on duty 16 hours and hna not been off duty tlie required time, hr
is then not available and can not claim time for being runaround. ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1918)
"The motorman while taking his motor through a run- around negligently failed to
turn the arc light so that he could see in the runaround and by reason of ..."
5. The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1999)
"So these people, like I said, get the runaround in the private sector on a daily
basis, just like some of the veterans have described to you occur in the VA ..."
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