Word: rumped
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...ample waistline and the folds of flesh above his stiff collar. He stands alone because the cercle round him has formed at a respectful distance. Now ... [a sycophant] advances with a deep obeisance, shakes the great man's hand . . . and then withdraws backward, wriggling his rump with fawning rapture. . . . Vivat Gustavus...
...Rump Parliament and the Tennis Court Oath now have their parallel or parody in the State of Oklahoma where Governor Johnston, in danger of being impeached, flees his nemesis by the efficacious course of placing bayonets before the door of any building where the impeaching body might meet. But these newly created men in the street, with none of the reputed indifference of the other citizens, have already instituted proceedings in what was literally an open session and a standing vote. And the five articles of complaint are but a fire-screen behind which rages the feeling against efficient...
...naked beggar on the road and divided his cloak with him, immediately afterward beholding a vision of Christ who acknowledged from heaven this act of charity to himself "on the part of Martin,* still a catechumen." In the picture the corded body of the beggar tilts at the pale rump of the horse. Martin, wearing a ruff, inclined with pity in the saddle, severs with his sword the dark and heavy cloak. A shrine stands at the right; a black tree whirls on the left; overhead the tortured sky drives on in folds of black and grey. Christ...
...Villisca, Iowa, one Emil Hecke took friends to his barn there to display his mules. He slapped a mule heartily upon the rump, crying: "Here's a real mule!" The mule kicked. Mr. Hecke fell dead...
...Salem, Mass., where they used to immerse witches, sorcerers and other creatures of the evil one, local Republicans last week cried "Aroint! ye rump-fed chair-thieves", announcing that those Republicans who carried off the chair wherein President Coolidge rested his limbs last summer when he attended their outing at Lake Attitash would be disciplined by not being invited to a coming celebration...