单词 | rumptydooler |
释义 | rumptydoolern. Australian and (now chiefly) New Zealand slang. An excellent person or thing. Also as adj. Cf. rumpty adj. and n.3 ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang vi. 51 Expressions..in constant use by our youngsters..rorter, rumpty, rumptydooler, [etc.]. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 126 Here are some of the many synonyms for bonzer (it should be noted that most of them are interchangeable as nouns and adjectives)..rumptydooler. 1964 E. Wier Rumptydoolers iii. 30 ‘That's one smart dog, all right. He's a real rumptydooler!’ ‘A what?’ asked Whit. ‘A rumptydooler. A champion. Absolutely first class’. 1995 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Features section) 5 They say Katherine Mansfield was a rumpty dooler on the lagerphone; but I for one don't believe it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941 |
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