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gin rummy

noun Cards.

gin⁴ (def. 1).

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Origin:
1940–45

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gin rummy (dʒɪn)

—n
	Often shortened to: gin a version of rummy in which a player may go out if the odd cards outside his sequences total less than ten points

[C20: from gin¹ + rummy¹, apparently from a humorous allusion to gin and rum]

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