rummy
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rummy¹
- /ˈɹʌmɪ/ UK
- /ˈɹʌmi/ US
Rhymes with -ʌmi
Where it comes from
Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm (“fame, glory”).
noun rummies
- A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
rummy²
- /ˈɹʌmɪ/ UK
- /ˈɹʌmi/ US
Rhymes with -ʌmi
Where it comes from
From rum + -y.
adjective rummier · rummiest
- Resembling or tasting of rum. a rummy flavour
- Peculiar; odd. ‘Up to this time, you understand, we had only built a bit of a slab hut [...] a cow-yard, and the rummiest bit of fencing you every looked at.’
noun rummies
- 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.
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noun card game
| 한국어 | 러미 reomi |
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| 日本語 | ラミー ramī |
| 中文 | 拉密牌 |
| हिन्दी | रमी ramī |
| Français | rami |
| Deutsch | Rommé, Rommee |
| Italiano | ramino |
| Ελληνικά | ραμί ramí |
| Română | rummy |
| Русский | ра́мми rámmi, ре́мик rémik |
| العربية | هَانْد رِيمِي hānd rīmī, هَانْد hānd |
| עברית | רֶמִי remí |
adj resembling or tasting of rum
| 中文 | 朗姆酒味的 lǎnɡmǔjiǔ wèi de |
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noun rum-drinking alcoholic
| 中文 | 嗜飲朗姆酒的人 /嗜饮朗姆酒的人 shì yǐn lǎngmǔjiǔ de rén |
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title = {rummy},
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