Thesaurus / rump
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
A remnant of the long parliament assembled during the anarchy, and has been termed the rump.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
In the evening, bonfires were made, but nothing to the great number that was heretofore at the burning of the Rump.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYS
The fat of the rump or tail is considered a great delicacy, and in hot climates resembles oil, and in colder, suet.
DOMESTIC ANIMALSRICHARD L. ALLEN
Dr. Boothroyd renders one of the foregoing passages, "the large, fat tail entire, taken clear to the rump."
DOMESTIC ANIMALSRICHARD L. ALLEN
The first of these characters consists in the rump being bare, on which are natural callosities peculiar to those parts.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON
The rope simply hung around her rump and lay against her hind legs.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHUR
There is another seated far back on the rump of a small donkey who is tripping along on its stiff little legs.
ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLDG. E. MITTON
Line the bottom of the pie-dish with fried collops of rump steak, and place the birds on them neatly.
DRESSED GAME AND POULTRY LA MODEHARRIET A. DE SALIS
Cut up a pound of rump steak into pieces about an inch in size, season, and dredge them lightly with flour.
DRESSED GAME AND POULTRY LA MODEHARRIET A. DE SALIS
Neighbouring species, the monk, the brown-rump, the gold-rump show hardly any sexual differences.
THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY OF LOVEREMY DE GOURMONT
WORDS RELATED TO RUMP
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