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larruping

American  
[lar-uh-ping] / ˈlær ə pɪŋ /

adverb

Chiefly Western U.S.
  1. very; exceedingly.

    That was a larruping good meal.


Etymology

Origin of larruping

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; larrup + -ing 2

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He is already three past the late larruping Lou Gehrig, and Jimmy Foxx's 531 is within reach.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such minor-league larruping at one time placed a $200,000 price tag around Stout Steve's bullneck, had won him four major-league tries before this year's with the Tigers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The music is soft, even in its occasional larruping climaxes, and modern in its distilled dissonances, and it always keeps the original tune in mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the late, larruping Publisher Frederick G. Bonfils, the only editorial voice in the Denver Post was a column called "That's That."

From Time Magazine Archive

They was a-making tracks along hereaway, sartain, sure; larruping them hosses to a keen jump, lickity-split.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde

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