Talk:round robin

Etymology error?

Chambers 1908 and some Google Books sources suggest that the French was rond ruban, not ruban rond, which seems more plausible in terms of the English phrase. If so, we should fix our ety. Equinox ◑ 00:20, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Used in 16th century?

Evelyn Waugh claims in 1935 the phrase was being used in the mid sixteenth century in England to mock the Catholic Eucharist: “They ridiculed the Host in broadsheets and burlesques, called it by derisive nicknames, ‘Round Robin,’ ‘Jack in the Box,’ and ‘Wormes Meat.’” Waugh does not cite a source and I wasn’t able to find anything definitive online. Waugh, Evelyn, Edmund Campion: A Life, Ignatius Press, 2005, page 34. --Zachpw (talk) 01:17, 31 May 2022 (UTC)