house-plunder

See also: house plunder

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌplʌndə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌplʌndɚ/, /-ˌplən-/
Hyphenation: house-plund‧er

Noun

house-plunder (uncountable)

Alternative form of house plunder
- 1914, John Preston Arthur, “Manners and Customs”, in Western North Carolina: A History (from 1730 to 1913), Asheville, N.C.: The Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, OCLC 1158336398, page 253:
  Each girl got a cow, a mare and sufficient "house[-]plunder" with which to set up house-keeping, but they rarely got any land, the husband being expected to provide that.
- 1917, Louise S[aunders] Murdoch, “In Memoriam”, in Almetta of Gabriel’s Run, New York, N.Y.: The Meridian Press, OCLC 3758342, page 101:
  Why, she married that oldest boy of little Ike's, a moughty well-turned, civil, workin' boy, an' his folks give 'im a heifer an' some house[-]plunder, an' her mam give 'em a bed an' a nice lot uv quilts, an' they've set up fer theirselves.
- 1938 December, Richard Chase; Kay Chase, quoting R. M. Ward, “Jack and the Bean Tree (The Jack Tales No. 4)”, in Alton C. Morris, editor, Southern Folklore Quarterly, volume II, number 4, Gainesville, Fla.: The University of Florida in cooperation with the Southeastern Folklore Society, ISSN 0038-4127, OCLC 924526821, page 202:
  So Jack got all them things from the giant and gathered up all the house-plunder that wasn't tore up when the house hit the ground.
- 1948, “The Old Sow and the Three Shoats”, in Richard Chase, editor, Grandfather Tales: American-English Folk Tales […], Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1976, →ISBN, page 83:
  Fin'lly the old sow she fixed Jack three days' rations and a little house-plunder on a drag-sled and he headed for the wilderness.
- 1986, Richard Young; Judy Dockrey Young, compilers, “The Hoop Snake”, in Ozark Tall Tales: Collected from the Oral Tradition, Little Rock, Ark.: August House, published 1989, →ISBN, page 84:
  Knowing how much Grandma wanted a lumber house, Grandpa cut down the buck-tree and ripsawed it into boards. He put up a fine board house, and they moved all their house-plunder in.
- 1970, Herbert Maynor Sutherland, “Bad ’Lige Shoots a Ghost”, in Tall Tales of the Devil’s Apron, Johnson City, Tenn.: The Overmountain Press, published 1988, →ISBN, page 206:
  The last feller that lived thar tuck off so fast he left his beds an' house[-]plunder thar.
- 1975, Janice Holt Giles, “Wilderness Road”, in Wellspring, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 76–77:
  She wished, though, there had been a way to take more of the house-plunder. […] Still and all, it was a wrench to leave her beds and her tables, her chairs, and the dish dresser Daniel had made for her.
- 1997, Rose O’Neill, chapter 2, in Miriam Formanek-Brunell, editor, The Story of Rose O’Neill: An Autobiography, Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 69:
  You'd never calkelate he was mean-turned from his looks. But he grab-snatched everything the old man had. Got away with his house[-]plunder even.

Usage notes

In many works the word appears hyphenated due to a line break, so it is difficult to tell if the word is usually spelled with a hyphen or is unhyphenated as houseplunder.

单词	house-plunder
释义	house-plunder See also: house plunder English Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌplʌndə/ (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌplʌndɚ/, /-ˌplən-/ Hyphenation: house-plund‧er Noun house-plunder (uncountable) Alternative form of house plunder 1914, John Preston Arthur, “Manners and Customs”, in Western North Carolina: A History (from 1730 to 1913), Asheville, N.C.: The Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, OCLC 1158336398, page 253: Each girl got a cow, a mare and sufficient "house[-]plunder" with which to set up house-keeping, but they rarely got any land, the husband being expected to provide that. 1917, Louise S[aunders] Murdoch, “In Memoriam”, in Almetta of Gabriel’s Run, New York, N.Y.: The Meridian Press, OCLC 3758342, page 101: Why, she married that oldest boy of little Ike's, a moughty well-turned, civil, workin' boy, an' his folks give 'im a heifer an' some house[-]plunder, an' her mam give 'em a bed an' a nice lot uv quilts, an' they've set up fer theirselves. 1938 December, Richard Chase; Kay Chase, quoting R. M. Ward, “Jack and the Bean Tree (The Jack Tales No. 4)”, in Alton C. Morris, editor, Southern Folklore Quarterly, volume II, number 4, Gainesville, Fla.: The University of Florida in cooperation with the Southeastern Folklore Society, ISSN 0038-4127, OCLC 924526821, page 202: So Jack got all them things from the giant and gathered up all the house-plunder that wasn't tore up when the house hit the ground. 1948, “The Old Sow and the Three Shoats”, in Richard Chase, editor, Grandfather Tales: American-English Folk Tales […], Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1976, →ISBN, page 83: Fin'lly the old sow she fixed Jack three days' rations and a little house-plunder on a drag-sled and he headed for the wilderness. 1986, Richard Young; Judy Dockrey Young, compilers, “The Hoop Snake”, in Ozark Tall Tales: Collected from the Oral Tradition, Little Rock, Ark.: August House, published 1989, →ISBN, page 84: Knowing how much Grandma wanted a lumber house, Grandpa cut down the buck-tree and ripsawed it into boards. He put up a fine board house, and they moved all their house-plunder in. 1970, Herbert Maynor Sutherland, “Bad ’Lige Shoots a Ghost”, in Tall Tales of the Devil’s Apron, Johnson City, Tenn.: The Overmountain Press, published 1988, →ISBN, page 206: The last feller that lived thar tuck off so fast he left his beds an' house[-]plunder thar. 1975, Janice Holt Giles, “Wilderness Road”, in Wellspring, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 76–77: She wished, though, there had been a way to take more of the house-plunder. […] Still and all, it was a wrench to leave her beds and her tables, her chairs, and the dish dresser Daniel had made for her. 1997, Rose O’Neill, chapter 2, in Miriam Formanek-Brunell, editor, The Story of Rose O’Neill: An Autobiography, Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 69: You'd never calkelate he was mean-turned from his looks. But he grab-snatched everything the old man had. Got away with his house[-]plunder even. Usage notes In many works the word appears hyphenated due to a line break, so it is difficult to tell if the word is usually spelled with a hyphen or is unhyphenated as houseplunder.
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