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noun

Rump n.

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.

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."

Rump steak, a beefsteak from the rump.

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"Rump steak" Quotes from Famous Books

... said suavely, "but visitors are requested not to feed the Living Skeleton. Living Skeletons are very delicately organised, madame," he continued, addressing the teacher. "A dry biscuit has been known to throw them into violent dyspepsia and they have died of a rump steak." ...

— The Missing Link • Edward Dyson

... can speak affection to the child like elecampane—what language assures us of the remembrance of an absent friend like a brace of wood-cocks? Then who does not comprehend the eloquence of dinners? A rump steak, and bottle of old port, are not these to all guests the very emblems of esteem—and turtle, venison, and champagne, the unmistakeable types of respect? If the citizens of a particular town be desirous of expressing their profound admiration of the genius of a popular author, ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 1, July 17, 1841 • Various