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rule the roast
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To rule the Roast
To govern; to manage; to preside. It was perhaps originally roist, which signified a tumult, to direct the populace.
The new-made duke, that rules the roast. William Shakespeare.
Where champions ruleth the rost,
There dailie disorder is most. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry.Alma slap-dash, is all again
In ev’ry sinew, nerve, and vein;
Runs here and there, like Hamlet’s ghost,
While every where she rules the roast. Matthew Prior.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rule the roast in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rule the roast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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