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Rummy

noun

(pl. rummies)

A chronic drinker. Synonyms: drunk, drunkard, inebriate, sot, wino.

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

adjective

Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, singular. "Her speech has a funny twang" , "They have some funny ideas about war" , "Had an odd name" , "The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" , "Something definitely queer about this town" , "What a rum fellow" , "Singular behavior"

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"Rummy" Quotes from Famous Books

... famous novelist? Well, Bill died six years ago from over-assiduous cultivation of John Barleycorn, and they hushed it up. But every year there's a new novel comes from his pen. It's 'ghosts.' I was Bill number three. Isn't it rummy?" ...

— The Trail of '98 - A Northland Romance • Robert W. Service

... right without him—we didn't want any one 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

... "Bit rummy, I expect, from the point of view of grammar," said Bert, "but they ought to get the hang ...

— The War in the Air • Herbert George Wells

... bit of waiting the latch clicked and the door opened. The door was opened by Mr. Cloyster himself. He was in evening dress and hysterics. I thought I had heard a rummy sound from the other side of the door. Couldn't account for it at the time. Must ...

— Not George Washington - An Autobiographical Novel • P. G. Wodehouse

... rummy little frump,' and that he would take very good care to have an engagement for to-day as many miles as possible ...

— A College Girl • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

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