| 释义 |
rumpy|ˈrʌmpɪ|
Also rumpee.
[f. rump n.1 + -y.]
1. A Manx cat. Also attrib.
c1856Denham Tracts (1892) I. 199 The only animal peculiar to the island is the tailless cat, called in Manks ‘stubbin’, in English ‘rumpy’. 1894Contemp. Rev. LXVI. 642 The Isle of Man,..the native seat of fresh herrings and rumpy cats.
2. A chicken without a tail. Also attrib.
[1885L. Wright Bk. Poultry 448 It is the Rumpless or Persian Cock of Latham, and the Rumpkin of others.] 1895Funk's Stand. Dict. II. 1561/3 Rumpy... 2. A variety of domestic fowl in the Isle of Man and the Hebrides. 1972Nat. Geographic Sept. 438/2 We used to have a number of animals that were special to the Isle of Man... There are still some hens without tails—‘rumpy hens’ we call them. |