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rum⋅my

1  [ruhm-ee]
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–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.
Also called rum.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; perh. special use of rummy 3
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rum⋅my

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

rum⋅my

3  [ruhm-ee]
–adjective, -mi⋅er, -mi⋅est. Chiefly British Slang.
odd; peculiar.
Origin:
1820–30; rum 2 + -y 1
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rum·my 1   (rŭm'ē)   
n.  A card game, played in many variations, in which the object is to obtain sets of three or more cards of the same rank or suit.

[Origin unknown.]
rum·my 2   (rŭm'ē)   
n.   pl. rum·mies Slang
A drunkard.
rum·my 3   (rŭm'ē)   
adj.   rum·mi·er, rum·mi·est Chiefly British
Odd, strange, or dangerous; rum.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
rummy [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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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