| 单词 | rump and stump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrump and stump P2. colloquial and regional. rump and stump [compare German (now rare) mit Rumpf und Stumpf (16th cent.), in the same sense] : through and through; completely, entirely (see also stump and rump at stump n.1 3i). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] high and low1397 every (also ilk, ilka) stick?a1400 root and rind?a1400 hair and hide?c1450 stout and routc1450 bane and routc1480 overthwart and endlonga1500 (in) hide and hairc1575 right out1578 horse and footc1600 flesh and fella1616 root and branch1640 stab and stow1680 stoop and roop1728 stick, stock, stone dead1796 rump and stump1824 stump and rump1825 rump and rig1843 good and1885 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 499 Up rump and stump did Auchen burn. 1887 S. Moore & E. Aveling tr. K. Marx Capital I. ii. vi. 146 The owner of the labour-power should sell it only for a definite period, for if he were to sell it rump and stump [Ger. in Bausch und Bogen], once for all, he would be selling himself. 1892 J. E. Muddock Detective's Triumphs 55 My man..bought the place. Bought it! Yes. Rump and stump. 1943 C. Richter Free Man vii. 71 It was dark as a sack down the chimney... He had got himself into it now, rump and stump, and nobody better light a fire below him. 2002 Northern Echo (Nexis) 14 Nov. 13 You know, cleaning the plate, rump and stump. < as lemmas |
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