prep_phrase
Meaning 1
From head to toe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
from the rooter to the tooter
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prep_phrase
Meaning 2
So as to use everything, or waste very little.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, idiomatic
Examples
- We use 'em from the rooter to the tooter — everything but the squeal!
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History
Etymology
Referring to a pig, with the rooter being the snout (with which pigs like to root), and the tooter being the anus.