rumble-tumblen.

Brit.

/ˈrʌmblˌtʌmbl/, U.S.

/ˈrəmb(ə)lˌtəmb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rumble v.², tumble v.

Etymology: < rumble v.² + tumble v.

a. An attachment at the rear of a carriage for storing luggage or to provide seating, typically for servants; = rumble n.¹ 4a. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > hinder part for seating or luggage

boot1608

rumble-tumble1777

boodge1794

budget1794

budget-bar1794

trunk-boot1795

rumble1798

rumbler1805

trunk-board1819

toe-piece1879

1777 Daily Advertiser 4 Feb. (advt.) A Deal Box, with its Contents, was lost out of the Rumble Tumble of the Birmingham Stage Coach.

1788 London Chron. 21–4 June 606/3 When the coachman came to unload at Thatcham, he found some loose guineas at the bottom of the rumble-tumble.

1817 M. Keating Trav. II. 159 The important point whether the dicky or the rumble-tumble were the more honourable place.

1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. xv From the dusty height of a rumble-tumble..Vance caught sight of Lionel and Sophy.

1903 C. G. Harper Stage-coach & Mail II. 349 1730. ‘Baskets’ or ‘rumble-tumbles’ introduced about this period.

1951 R. Bayne-Powell Travellers in Eighteenth-cent. Eng. (1972) ii. 12 They were built to carry four passengers in comfort inside and not more than six were supposed to ride on the top. Then there was the basket or rumble-tumble.

1992 Miami Herald (Nexis) 1 June 7 When the back end of a carriage was arranged to carry luggage, or provide sitting accommodations for servants, it was referred to as the rumble. Servants who had to ride there called it the rumble-tumble.

†b. A rumbling coach, carriage, or cart. Obsolete.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > rumbling or jerky

rumbler1778

rumble-tumble1806

jerky1867

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 129 A name for a stage-coach which beats rumble-tumble, caterpillar, and every other English nick-name, out of the field.

1829 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 406 I leave Granada this afternoon at five o'clock in a kind of rumble tumble, called a Tartana, on two wheels.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 188 Rumble-Tumble, a large, old-fashioned unwieldy carriage.

1877 L. B. Walford Pauline xix. 168 We could run away from his old rumble-tumble easily.

2. Rough or chaotic activity; rough and tumble, hurly-burly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > rolling or tumbling about

waltering1528

floundering1726

rumble-tumble1811

flounder1867

1811 Monthly Mag. June 440/1 Some..prefer an undefined wild rumble-tumble, (or any thing else you please) of penciling, to a just representation.

1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic xxii, in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 100 Suiting, to rumble-tumble of the sea's, The songs forbidden a serener clime.

1932 A. Wyatt Tilby in H. Massingham Great Victorians 110 The general helter-skelter and rumble-tumble, the invocations and objurgations and repetitions..bother even the appreciative reader.

1986 Del Rio (Texas) News Herald 7 Dec. a6 (advt.) A real pal—tough enough for rumble tumble, yet soft enough to cuddle.

2000 K. Figlio Psychoanal. Sci. & Masculinity (2001) ii. 28 The rumble-tumble of everyday American political life.

3. Indian English. Scrambled eggs, now typically cooked with onions, tomatoes, green chillies, and spices. Cf. rumbled adj. 2b.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > scrambled eggs

buttered eggsa1425

scrambled egg(s)1864

mumbled eggs1879

rumble-tumble1879

Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck them1891

1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 88 Mumbled eggs, or ‘rumble-tumble’.

1882 Indian Outfits & Establishm. 77 Buttered eggs, commonly called by the natives ‘rumble-tumble’.

1956 D. Walker Harry Black xiii. 192 ‘What's for breakfast?’ ‘Keventer's sausages and rumble-tumble,’ Christian said... She went off to feed the family..on sausages and scrambled eggs.

1980 D. Hart-Davis Heights of Rimring vii. 74 The rumble-tumble was a mighty omelette with strips of onion in it, accompanied by fried potatoes.

2005 M. Jaffrey Climbing Mango Trees (2006) i. 15 Rumble-tumble with tomato, no onion, green chili, and cilantro.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rumble-tumble
释义	rumble-tumblen. Brit. /ˈrʌmblˌtʌmbl/, U.S. /ˈrəmb(ə)lˌtəmb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rumble v.², tumble v. Etymology: < rumble v.² + tumble v. 1. a. An attachment at the rear of a carriage for storing luggage or to provide seating, typically for servants; = rumble n.¹ 4a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > hinder part for seating or luggage boot1608 rumble-tumble1777 boodge1794 budget1794 budget-bar1794 trunk-boot1795 rumble1798 rumbler1805 trunk-board1819 toe-piece1879 1777 Daily Advertiser 4 Feb. (advt.) A Deal Box, with its Contents, was lost out of the Rumble Tumble of the Birmingham Stage Coach. 1788 London Chron. 21–4 June 606/3 When the coachman came to unload at Thatcham, he found some loose guineas at the bottom of the rumble-tumble. 1817 M. Keating Trav. II. 159 The important point whether the dicky or the rumble-tumble were the more honourable place. 1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. xv From the dusty height of a rumble-tumble..Vance caught sight of Lionel and Sophy. 1903 C. G. Harper Stage-coach & Mail II. 349 1730. ‘Baskets’ or ‘rumble-tumbles’ introduced about this period. 1951 R. Bayne-Powell Travellers in Eighteenth-cent. Eng. (1972) ii. 12 They were built to carry four passengers in comfort inside and not more than six were supposed to ride on the top. Then there was the basket or rumble-tumble. 1992 Miami Herald (Nexis) 1 June 7 When the back end of a carriage was arranged to carry luggage, or provide sitting accommodations for servants, it was referred to as the rumble. Servants who had to ride there called it the rumble-tumble. †b. A rumbling coach, carriage, or cart. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > rumbling or jerky rumbler1778 rumble-tumble1806 jerky1867 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 129 A name for a stage-coach which beats rumble-tumble, caterpillar, and every other English nick-name, out of the field. 1829 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 406 I leave Granada this afternoon at five o'clock in a kind of rumble tumble, called a Tartana, on two wheels. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 188 Rumble-Tumble, a large, old-fashioned unwieldy carriage. 1877 L. B. Walford Pauline xix. 168 We could run away from his old rumble-tumble easily. 2. Rough or chaotic activity; rough and tumble, hurly-burly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > rolling or tumbling about waltering1528 floundering1726 rumble-tumble1811 flounder1867 1811 Monthly Mag. June 440/1 Some..prefer an undefined wild rumble-tumble, (or any thing else you please) of penciling, to a just representation. 1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic xxii, in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 100 Suiting, to rumble-tumble of the sea's, The songs forbidden a serener clime. 1932 A. Wyatt Tilby in H. Massingham Great Victorians 110 The general helter-skelter and rumble-tumble, the invocations and objurgations and repetitions..bother even the appreciative reader. 1986 Del Rio (Texas) News Herald 7 Dec. a6 (advt.) A real pal—tough enough for rumble tumble, yet soft enough to cuddle. 2000 K. Figlio Psychoanal. Sci. & Masculinity (2001) ii. 28 The rumble-tumble of everyday American political life. 3. Indian English. Scrambled eggs, now typically cooked with onions, tomatoes, green chillies, and spices. Cf. rumbled adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > scrambled eggs buttered eggsa1425 scrambled egg(s)1864 mumbled eggs1879 rumble-tumble1879 Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck them1891 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 88 Mumbled eggs, or ‘rumble-tumble’. 1882 Indian Outfits & Establishm. 77 Buttered eggs, commonly called by the natives ‘rumble-tumble’. 1956 D. Walker Harry Black xiii. 192 ‘What's for breakfast?’ ‘Keventer's sausages and rumble-tumble,’ Christian said... She went off to feed the family..on sausages and scrambled eggs. 1980 D. Hart-Davis Heights of Rimring vii. 74 The rumble-tumble was a mighty omelette with strips of onion in it, accompanied by fried potatoes. 2005 M. Jaffrey Climbing Mango Trees (2006) i. 15 Rumble-tumble with tomato, no onion, green chili, and cilantro. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777
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