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rummy

noun

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adjective

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L340074 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌmɪ/ / /ˈɹʌmi/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English rum English -y English rummy From rum + -y.

  1. Resembling or tasting of rum.

    a rummy flavour

  2. Peculiar; odd.

    “You say rummy things and you do rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English rum English -y English rummy From rum + -y.

  1. A rum-drinking alcoholic.

    No one has forgotten Frank Dodd, the crossing guard who went crazy here twelve years ago and killed those women, and they haven't forgotten the dog, either, the one that came down with rabies and killed Joe Camber and the old rummy down the road from him.