larruping

PRONUNCIATION:
(LAR-uh-ping) 


MEANING:
adverb: Very.
adjective: Excellent.


ETYMOLOGY:
From larrup (to beat or thrash), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Dutch larpen (to thrash). Earliest documented use: 1888.


USAGE:
“Little lady, you got any more of these larruping good biscuits?”
Bandit’s Hope; Marcia Gruver; Barbour Books; 2011.

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LARRUPING

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