单词 | to roup at the door |
释义 | > as lemmasto roup at (also from, to) the door 2. transitive. Of a landlord: to turn (a bankrupt tenant) out of a leased property and compel the sale of his or her possessions. Frequently in to roup at (also from, to) the door and variants. Usually in passive. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale > a bankrupt or his goods roupc1817 to sell up1825 c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 61 He has since heard..that they had been rouped out at the door. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 342 Squire Kirtle..May roup his farmers. 1861 J. Barr Poems 62 Poor folk roupit to the door, To pay the needfu' laird. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. viii. 121 It was not Angus's fault that he was rouped. 1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-net 14 There was naething for't but we maun be roupit to the door. 1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe iv. 262 In the end Dite Peat was rouped from his door. 1967 Buchan Observer 21 Feb. 2 Afore the hinmost term cam roon That saw them roupit tae the toon. 1991 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Jan. Burns had put the ground into good heart and built the house and steading, bankrupting himself. He was then 'rouped', that cruel Scottish word meaning 'sold up'. < as lemmas |
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