Definition of Rumps

1. Noun. (plural of rump) ¹

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Definition of Rumps

1. rump [n] - See also: rump

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumps

rump steak
rump steaks
rumped
rumpies
rumping
rumple
rumple up
rumpled
rumples
rumpless
rumplier
rumpliest
rumpling
rumply
rumpology
rumps (current term)
rumpus
rumpus room
rumpuses
rumpy
rumrunner
rumrunners
rums
rumseller
rumsellers
run
run-and-gun
run-away
run-aways

Literary usage of Rumps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"To dress Mutton rumps and Kidneys. Stew six rumps in some good mutton-gravy ... Wash the rumps with yolks of eggs well beaten; and strew over them crums of ..."

2. Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book: Adapted for Families in by William Augustus Henderson, David Hughson (1828)
"Fry your rumps till they are of a light brown; and when you dish them up, ... Mutton rumps a-la-Braise. BOIL six mutton rumps for fifteen minutes in water, ..."

3. Letters from England by Robert Southey (1808)
"rumps.— Merry-Thoughts • and Pads. THE caprice of fashion in this country . would appear incredible to you if you did not know me too well to suspect me ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England by Henry Robert Plomer (1907)
"His name occurs on the imprint to a pamphlet entitled rumps last will and testament. London, Printed by John Taylor, 1660. [Hazlitt, ii. 524. ..."

5. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"Sauce Robart, for rumps or Steaks. Put a piece of butter, the size of an egg, into a saucepan, set it over the fire, and when browning, throw in a handful ..."

6. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"To dress Mutton rumps and Kidneys. Stew six rumps in some good mutton-gravy ... Wash the rumps with yolks of eggs well beaten; and strew over them crums of ..."

7. Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book: Adapted for Families in by William Augustus Henderson, David Hughson (1828)
"Fry your rumps till they are of a light brown; and when you dish them up, ... Mutton rumps a-la-Braise. BOIL six mutton rumps for fifteen minutes in water, ..."

8. Letters from England by Robert Southey (1808)
"rumps.— Merry-Thoughts • and Pads. THE caprice of fashion in this country . would appear incredible to you if you did not know me too well to suspect me ..."

9. A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England by Henry Robert Plomer (1907)
"His name occurs on the imprint to a pamphlet entitled rumps last will and testament. London, Printed by John Taylor, 1660. [Hazlitt, ii. 524. ..."

10. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"Sauce Robart, for rumps or Steaks. Put a piece of butter, the size of an egg, into a saucepan, set it over the fire, and when browning, throw in a handful ..."

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