rigamarole
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ə noun
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Rigamarole
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
rigmarole or rigamarole (ˈrɪɡməˌrəʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
Any of these products can be run through the traditional hydrocarbon rigamarole to produce usable fuels.
Regulations, red tape, and rigamarole are not what consumers need to make their way in the marketplace.
Consider all the talk of vintages, the wordy labels, arcane pouring rituals and attendant rigamarole.
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