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rump steak
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rump \Rump\, n. [OE. rumpe; akin to D. romp trunk, body, LG. rump, G. rumpf, Dan. rumpe rump, Icel. rumpr, Sw. rumpa rump, tail.]
The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.
Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.
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Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.
Rump Parliament, or The Rump (Eng. Hist.), the remnant of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in 1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions, ending finally in 1659.
The Rump abolished the House of Lords, the army abolished the Rump, and by this army of saints Cromwell governed.
--Swift.Rump steak, a beefsteak from the rump.
--Goldsmith.
Wiktionary
n. beef from the backside of a cow.
WordNet
n. a steak cut from the rump
Wikipedia
Rump steak is a term used in describing cuts of beef. It may refer to:
- A steak from the top half of an American-cut round steak primal
- A British- or Australian-cut from the rump primal, largely equivalent to the American sirloin
Usage examples of "rump steak".
Hutton brought a brisk sawbones who peered and prodded at my stitches, dosed me with jalup, refused my demand for brandy to take away the taste, but agreed that I might have a rump steak instead of the beef tea which they'd been spooning into me in my unconscious state.
After several more lashes had welted the ponderous lumps of rump steak, the slave crossed her thighs in a futile attempt to protect the splayed sex.
She dropped it in front of him, a vast rump steak, still sizzling on the plate.
Fifteen minutes later, they were sitting at a table in the quiet, neat restaurant ordering the pate and the boeuf Beauceronne -that delightful and simple dish of rump steak cooked with bacon, potatoes and onions.
I went down to the hotel dining room and had just decided in favor of pounded rump steak with mushrooms when I heard myself being paged.
At that time he was working his way through a meal consisting of roast potatoes, mixed vegetables and a rather large rump steak.
There was a small piece of rump steak--not more than three-quarters of a pound--a few potatoes, a loaf of bread, and a small plate of butter.
He was eating in the cool hospital-staff dining-room, taking a fresh lime juice and gin with his artificial rump steak.