| 释义 |
† Rumpship Obs.
[f. rump n.1 3 b.]
A contemptuous title applied to members, or to the rule, of the Rump Parliament.
1659R. Wild Poems (1870) 12 Well, let it be; Your Rumpship wants a scouring too, thinks he. 1660No Blind Guides 3 And thus I'll Instance: Kingship, is your old Bondage; Rumpship, ours. 1663J. H. Hist. Cromwell ix, Cromwell..sent Major General Harrison on the 20th of Aprill, 1653, to out their Rump-ships. |