单词 | ripstaver |
释义 | ripstavern. U.S. colloquial. Now archaic. An impressive or exceptional person; = ripsnorter n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing carbunclea1350 swanc1386 phoenixc1400 diamondc1440 broocha1464 surmounterc1500 sovereign?a1513 primrose peerless1523 superlative1577 transcendent1593 Arabian birda1616 crack1637 first rate1681 peach1710 phoenicle1711 admiration1717 spanker1751 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). < n.1828 |
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