Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Precipitately; headlong.
- Forward; thoughtless; headstrong.
- The hairum-scairum, ram-stam boys.
- noun A giddy, forward person.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I played the gomeral brawly, but in the darkness we blundered ram-stam through the Sassenach lines."
A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912
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She but to have come in ram-stam an 'stern forrit; for the bows of her are aften under, and the back-side of her is clear at hie-water o' neaps.
Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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We cannot patronise the practice of walking in large parties of ten or a score, ram-stam and helter-skelter, on to the front-green or gravel-walk of any private nobleman's or gentleman's house, to enjoy, from a commanding station, an extensive or picturesque view of the circumjacent country.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819
qms commented on the word ram-stam
Not like that repellent damn sham
That callously plays with "wham bam,"
But just helter-skelter,
An innocent welter.
There's nought to offend in ram-stam.
July 28, 2016