1894 Brewer’s / R / Rumping Dozen
A corruption of Rump and Dozen, meaning a rump of beef and a dozen of claret; or a rump steak and dozen oysters.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.