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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STOUP AND ROUP, adv. phr. Also stoop and roop, stowp and rowp; roup and stoup; ¶frae stoop to roop. Completely, entirely, absolutely, “lock, stock and barrel”, every bit (I.Sc., Fif., Wgt., Dmf., Rxb. 1971). [stup; Dmf. stʌup]Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 151:
They snapt her up baith Stoup and Roup.Sc. p.1746 Jacobite Minstr. (1829) 286:
They ate him up baith stoop and roop.Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) I. 147:
And burnt their boats both stoop and roop.Sc. 1816 Scott Black Dwarf x.:
We are ruined stoop and roop.Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 161:
As if you had taken an oath to devour't frae stoop to roop.Sc. 1851 Letters Lord Dalhousie (Baird 1910) 223:
Sir Colin Campbell . . . destroyed their whole valley, stoup and roup.Gsw. 1879 A. G. Murdoch Rhymes 95:
I'm clean dementit, stowp an' rowp.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 30:
They glaepid a' i' the hoose, stoop an' roop.Sh. 1898 Shetland News (24 Dec.):
Arty's bitin' gaut naur öt him stoop an' roop.Fif. 1900 S. Tytler Jean Keir xvi.:
I shall be sent about my business “stoup and roup” without fail.