ramstam
Americanadjective
noun
adverb
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Origin of ramstam
Example Sentences
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Was ever a woman so provokit wi' a ramstam, dotrifeed gomeral o' a man?
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I doubt you’ll prove A rackle ramstam wife, if you’ve your head.
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One of a number of words in Sco. formed with ram, cp. ramshackle, ramstam, rammous, etc.
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Ramstam, adj. indiscreet, with an idea of rushing into anything thoughtlessly.
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"For," said Andrew, "some of their chiefs and grit men are birling at the usquebaugh in by there, and dinna want to be disturbed; and the least we'll get, if we gang ramstam in on them, will be a broken head, to learn us better havings, if we dinna come by the length of a cauld dirk in our wame, whilk is just as likely."
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