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Rummy  adj.  Strange; odd. (Slang)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Rummy" Quotes from Famous Books



... else—least of all an odd oddity like this." And though the other boys were loyal to Norah, she certainly suffered a fall in their estimation, and was classed for the moment with the usual run of "girls who do rummy things." ...
— A Little Bush Maid • Mary Grant Bruce

... 'elps 'im with our Roman Catholicks— He knows an 'eap of Irish songs an' rummy conjurin' tricks; An' the two they works together when it comes to play or pray; So we keep the ball a-rollin' on ten ...
— The Seven Seas • Rudyard Kipling

... you get rummy flavours in what you eat down there, if that's so," said Dave. "Surprisin' what the digestions of them city people learn to put up with. Well, I suppose you won't be addin' to their risks by puttin' up much of a dinner for them to-day, Mrs. ...
— Back To Billabong • Mary Grant Bruce

... "Rather a rummy thing happened after lock-up. I wasn't in it, but a fellow called Wyatt (awfully decent chap. He's Wain's step-son, only they bar one another) told me about it. He was in it all right. There's a dinner after the matches ...
— Mike • P. G. Wodehouse



Words linked to "Rummy" :   gin, cards, singular, alky, lush, wino, strange, toper, souse, meld, drinker, knock rummy, drunk, inebriate, dipsomaniac, soaker, juicer, funny, alcoholic, unusual, curious, queer



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