Examples of use of rump
1. The Republicans put the "rump" into rump session yesterday.
2. A rump of semi–criminal mujahideen are still active but pose no threat to the state.
3. The rump legislators lacked the services of the House chaplain, so Rep.
4. Now, only a criminalised rump of violent men remains in both countries.
5. They fear being left with a rump mini–state bereft of oil.