from the rooter to the tooter

English

Etymology

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

Prepositional phrase

from the rooter to the tooter

  1. (idiomatic, Southern US) From head to toe.
  2. (idiomatic, Southern US) To waste very little; to use all available resources.
    We use 'em from the rooter to the tooter — everything but the squeal!

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