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ˈwalk-round, n. and a.
[f. vbl. phr. to walk round: walk v.1 5 a.]
A. n. = walk-around (b) s.v. walk v.1 27. U.S.
1861Temple Bar May 199 The ‘Jim Crow dance’..soon gave place to better tunes..and ‘walk rounds’. 1895Century Mag. Oct. 958/1 His work with the caravan was to sing songs, chiefly darky songs, accompanied by ‘hoe-downs’ and ‘walk rounds’. 1943Life 5 July 80 After the ‘walk-round’, which served as an entrance for the black-faced showmen, they stood before a semicircle of chairs and waited for the interlocutor's: ‘Gentlemen, be seated.’
B. adj. Round which one can walk: applied to a self-service shop with goods so arranged.
1974P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiii. 120 Walk⁓round store (where the goods are so accessible that you may be tempted to buy far more than you need). 1979This England Winter 19/3 Miss Corrie's dim, prim little shop in the market place had survived the competition of walk-round stores and boutiques. |