Lexic.us

Definition of Rummy

1. Noun. A chronic drinker.

2. Adjective. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. "Singular behavior"

3. Noun. A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards.

Definition of Rummy

1. a. Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.

2. n. One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person.

3. a. Strange; odd.

Definition of Rummy

1. odd [adj -MIER, -MIEST] / a card game [n -MIES] - See also: odd

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rummy

rummager rummagers rummages rummage sale rummaging Rummel tourniquet rummer rummer rummers rummest

rummier rummies rummiest rummily rummish rummy (current term) rumness rumnesses Rumohra Rumohra adiantiformis

rumor rumored rumoring rumormonger rumormongering rumormongerings rumormongers rumorous rumors rumour

Literary usage of Rummy

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1. Life and Adventure in the South Pacific by Jones (1861)
"—A rummy Set.—Ship "Susan."—Fearful Tragedy.—Passage to Strong's Island.—Ship "Atlantic."—Ship "Charles W. Morgan."— "At home" once more.—Rev. Mr. Snow. ..."

2. Life and Adventure in the South Pacific by Jones (1861)
"—A rummy Set.—Ship "Susan."—Fearful Tragedy.—Passage to Strong's Island.—Ship "Atlantic."—Ship "Charles W. Morgan."— " At home" once more.—Rev. Mr. Snow. ..."

3. Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw (1917)
"Respectable married woman, rummy, gittin rescued by lie Salvation Army by ... rummy. What am I to do? I cant starve. Them Salvation lasses is dear good ..."

4. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1897)
"And it made rummy turn green with fright when he heard it. By Jove !—ha ! ha ! ... rummy Bux, who now stood alongside our chairs, was a native philosopher. ..."

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