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from the rooter to the tooter

from the rooter to the tooter prepositional phrase: from head to toe.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Southern US, idiomatic) From head to toe.
  2. (Southern US, idiomatic) So as to use everything, or waste very little.
    • We use 'em from the rooter to the tooter — everything but the squeal!

Origin of from the rooter to the tooter

Referring to a pig, with the rooter being the snout (with which pigs like to root), and the tooter being the anus.

Questions about from the rooter to the tooter

What does from the rooter to the tooter mean?
From the rooter to the tooter means from head to toe.
What part of speech is from the rooter to the tooter?
From the rooter to the tooter is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from the rooter to the tooter in the dictionary

  1. from the jump
  2. from the off
  3. from the outset
  4. from the river to the sea
  5. from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
  6. from the rooter to the tooter
  7. from the start
  8. from the top
  9. from the womb to the tomb
  10. from the word go
  11. from then on

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