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Definition of Rumkin
1. n. A popular or jocular name for a drinking vessel.
Definition of Rumkin
1. Noun. (obsolete humorous) A drinking vessel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rumkin
1. a tailless fowl [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumkin
Literary usage of Rumkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1902)
"Ale in a Saxon rumkin then, Such as will make grimalkin prate; Bids valour burgeon
in tall men, Quickens the poet's wit and pen, Despises fate. ..."
2. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1906)
"Ale in a Saxon rumkin then, Such as will make grimalkin prate; Bids valour burgeon
in tall men, Quickens the poet's wit and pen, Despises fate. ..."
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