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单词 ripstaver
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ripstavern.

Brit. /ˈrɪpˌsteɪvə/, U.S. /ˈrɪpˌsteɪvər/
Forms: 1800s ripstavur, 1800s– ripstaver.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rip v.1, stave v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < rip v.1 + stave v. + -er suffix1 (compare later staver n.2). Compare also later rip-staving adj., ripsnorter n.
U.S. colloquial. Now archaic.
An impressive or exceptional person; = ripsnorter n.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing
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sovereign?a1513
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superlative1577
transcendent1593
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crack1637
first rate1681
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first-raterc1760
no slouch of1767
nailer1806
tip-topper1822
ripper1825
ripstaver1828
apotheosis1832
clinker1836
clipper1836
bird1839
keener1839
ripsnorter1840
beater1845
firecracker1845
pumpkin1845
screamer1846
stunner1847
bottler1855
beaut1866
bobby-dazzler1866
one out of the box1867
stem-winder1875
corker1877
trimmer1878
hot stuff1884
daisy1886
jim-dandy1887
cracker1891
jim-hickey1895
peacherino1896
pippin1897
alpha plus1898
peacherine1900
pip1900
humdinger1905
bosker1906
hummer1907
good egg1914
superstar1914
the berries1918
bee's knee1923
the cat's whiskers1923
smash1923
smash hit1923
brahma1925
dilly1935
piss-cutter1935
killer1937
killer-diller1938
a hard act to follow1942
peacheroo1942
bitch1946
brammerc1950
hot shit1960
Tiffany1973
bollocks1981
1828 Bower of Taste I. 151/1 She beheld him striding down the street, lustily exclaiming to himself, ‘She's a ripstaver, so help me Davy Rachel!’
1833 D. Crockett Sketches xi. 144 In ten minutes he yelled enough, and swore I was a ripstavur.
1897 T. Tilton Wks. 674 Though the old rip-staver Perhaps had gout.
1904 C. Morris Left in Charge xv. 264 I'd like ter see that manly ripstaver of a worker, Dred Hollister, step up and marry her.
1951 C. Robertson Golden Circle ix. 127 Almost anything would do, as long as it was fairly showy; something that would say to the doubters that this new man, Granger, was a ripstaver.
1993 J. B. Sanford Maggie 318 That was one ring-tailed roarer He singled out, and no mistake, a regular rip-staver, a pure jim-dandy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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