rump
rump is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Among butchers, the piece of beef betwen the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.
- 2.Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. Rump Parliament, or The Rump (Eng. Hist.), the remnant of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in 1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions, ending finally in 1659. The rump abolished the House of Lords, the army abolished the Rump, and by this army of saints Cromwell governed. Swift. -- Rump steak, a beefsteak from the rump. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aback
- abaft
- aft
- after
- aitchbone
- astern
- back
- background
- backside
- backwards
- behind
- bend
- bone
- breech
- bring
- buttock
- caudal
- chine
- coin
- croup
- crupper
- dorsal
- dorsum
- fall
- guard
- heelpiece
- hind
- hinder
- hindermost
- hindmost
- hinterland
- loin
- lumbar
- mizzen
- nape
- natch
- occiput
- other
- poop
- posterior
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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