What is a wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper called?
excursion — A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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