runaroundn.adj.

1867 C. G. Raue Special Pathol. & Diagnostics 620 The superficial form, whitlow, run-around, is generally seated immediately around and beneath the nail, commencing either at the side of the finger upon its dorsal surface, or at its extremity.

1872 T. De W. Talmage Serm. 224 Some hypochondriac with a ‘run-around’ or a ‘hang-nail’.

1913 J. London Valley of Moon iii. iv. 352 His finger was hurting too much, he said... ‘It might be a run-around,’ Saxon hazarded.

1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 343 This summer she has had runarounds and is losing two fingernails, but she is picking steadily.

2000 N. Weinzweig & M. H. Gonzalez in J. Weinzweig Hand & Wrist Surg. Secrets i. xiii. 87 A run-around abscess usually involves the entire nail fold, spreading under the nail sulcus to the opposite side.

1889 N.Y. State Reporter 22 195 There is some conflict as to the time which it took to go from the depot to the switch in the yard and thus upon the ‘run around’ track. One witness says they were on the ‘run around’ by 3.15.

1899 Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers to Secretary of War vi. App. BBB. 3783 The water of East and Mill creeks..are carried in a runaround channel and through a tunnel which empties the water into Powder Mill Creek above the dam.

1908 Outing Nov. 156/2 There was a little brook—a run-around, as it were—that left the main water just below the dam and came in again at the big pool several hundred yards below.

1956 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 16 Apr. 19/2 The bridge is closed 14 miles south of Mason City... There is a bituminous surfaced run-around for .10 of a mile.

1981 A. G. Adams Hudson 394/1 On the upper level, there is a run-around loop track.

2001 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 10 Sept. a8/5 Reeves didn't dispute the need for fixing the road. But he said he can't understand why it must close for construction, without even a run-around for local traffic.

1905 Amer. Printer July 465/2 Avoid runarounds as much as possible.

1949 D. Melcher & N. Larrick Printing & Promotion Handbk. 260/2 The use of run-arounds increases the cost of type composition and is often avoided on that account.

1978 Verbatim May 7/1 It is extremely difficult (and expensive) to program a computer to set run-arounds.

2001 E. Lupton in S. Heller & G. Ballance Graphic Design Hist. ii. 45 Microcomputers..have encouraged the use of run-arounds, drop caps, curved lines of type, and other devices.

1915 Chicago Herald 2 Dec. 13/4 Pitts is satisfied that he is the victim of the grandest run-around ever put over on a boxing promoter.

1924 H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Jan. 84/2 If you wanted to give William a run around why not say we were Cleopatra and Salome and be done with it?

1929 J. P. McEvoy Hollywood Girl i. 3 All I get is the run around—that nothing today, my dear, but keep in touch with us, you never know what is liable to turn up.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Nov. 20/4 The fans were given the runaround in the third race here yesterday.

1938 O. Nash I'm Stranger here Myself 115 Humanity must continue to follow the sun around And accept the eternal run-around.

1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit iv. 43 My instructions are to..give him the runaround and soften him up.

1979 E. Newman Sunday Punch xix. 164 We were seeing a deliberate run-around by Smith.

2000 F. Bleasdale Rubber Gloves or Jimmy Choos x. 200 It's Andrea, this girl I'm dating. She's giving me the total runaround, not returning my calls.

1949 J. B. Opdycke Mark my Words 445 It is not their prerogative, however, to block traffic..to await Fido while he does a runaround on the green.

1954 Ties (U.S.) Dec. 14/2 Steve operates the Little Southern's passenger train and local freight on regular-style train orders, with ‘meets’ and ‘runarounds’ carefully scheduled.

1977 Time Out 28 Jan. 15/3 LBC's runaround with Alexander Walker on the week's new films.

2001 M. Azevedo Defending Andy iii. 24 There were parties and preparations and a whole range of family run-arounds.

1961 Harper's Bazaar June 48/4 A meteoric career which began as run-around girl on Harper's Bazaar.

1976 Broadcast 29 Nov. 7/3 Over 1600 [people] have said they would become ‘runaround drivers’, ferrying around the elderly and infirm.

1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 62/1 You may be allowed into the modern world for ‘run around’ clothes, but not otherwise.

1998 M. Z. Bradley Heartlight (2003) 332 All the runaround errands designed to keep him from getting home too soon.

2004 S. Policoff Beautiful Somewhere Else xi. 105 My runaround thoughts slowed into something resembling sleep.