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rummy

 [ruhm-ee]   Origin

rum·my

1   [ruhm-ee]
noun
any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.
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Also called rum.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; perhaps special use of rummy3

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rum·my

2   [ruhm-ee] noun, plural rum·mies, adjective
noun
1.
Slang. a drunkard.
adjective
2.
of or like rum.
Origin:
1850–55; rum1 + -y1

rum·my

3   [ruhm-ee]
adjective, rum·mi·er, rum·mi·est. Chiefly British Slang.
odd; peculiar.
Origin:
1820–30; rum2 + -y1
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rummy or rum1 (ˈrʌmɪ)
 
—n
a card game based on collecting sets and sequences
 
[C20: perhaps from rum²]
 
rum or rum1
 
—n
 
[C20: perhaps from rum²]

rummy2 (ˈrʌmɪ)
 
—adj
another word for rum

rummy3 (ˈrʌmɪ)
 
—n , pl -mies
1.  (US), (Canadian) a slang word for drunkard
 
—adj
2.  of or like rum in taste or smell

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Word Origin & History

rummy
card game, 1910, rhummy, of unknown origin. Gin rummy is first attested 1941. Meaning "drunkard" is 1851, from rum. Meaning "opponent of temperance" in U.S. politics is from 1860.
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rummy definition

[ˈrəmi]
  1. n.
    a drunkard; an alcoholic; an alcoholic hobo. : Ask that rummy to leave before he throws up.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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