| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. A term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: CIRCUMLOCUTION OFFICE
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Circumlocution office | A term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: CIRCUMLOCUTION OFFICE
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Circumlocution Office | Literature | A term applied in ridicule to our public offices, because each person tries to shuffle off every act to some one else; and before anything is done it has to pass through so many departments, that every fly is crushed on a wheel. The term was invented by Charles Dickens, and appears in Little Dorrit. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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