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.
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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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.