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rigamarole

[rig-uh-muh-rohl]

noun

rigmarole.

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rigamarole (ˈrɪɡəməˌrəʊl)

—n
	a variant of rigmarole

rigmarole or rigamarole (ˈrɪɡməˌrəʊl)

—n
1.	any long complicated procedure
2.	a set of incoherent or pointless statements; garbled nonsense

[C18: from earlier ragman roll a list, probably a roll used in a medieval game, wherein various characters were described in verse, beginning with Ragemon le bon Ragman the good]

rigamarole or rigamarole

—n

[C18: from earlier ragman roll a list, probably a roll used in a medieval game, wherein various characters were described in verse, beginning with Ragemon le bon Ragman the good]

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