rompstern.
/ˈrɒmpstə/, U.S. /ˈrɑmpstər/ rare.
= romper n. 1.
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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicker
wantonc1450
friskera1549
a merry (or mad) grig1566
friskin1596
uptails1602
gamester1616
romp1678
romper?1780
frolicker1801
skylarker1818
larker1826
rollicker1837
larrikin1868
rompster1893
jive-ass1964
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Jan. 3/1 Unfamiliar to the Yuletide rompsters of England.
1984 R. Daglish tr. M. A. Sholokhov Quiet flows Don ii. iii, in Coll. Wks. III. 52 Likhovidov went on shouting, warm spit dripping from his lips: Nightingales be songsters, Swallows be rompsters, Blackbird's a bare-belly, Tom-tit's a taxman, Sparrow's a foreman.
1999 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 3 Aug. s2 An unruly rompster planted one on Pato's noggin one night, landing the mascot in the hospital with neck injuries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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