Nearby words
gin and tonic, gin block, gin mill, gin palace, gin rickey, gin rummy, gin sling, gina, ginastera, ginep, ging
Origin of gin rummy
First recorded in 1940–45
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British Dictionary definitions for gin rummy
gin rummy
/ (dʒɪn) /
noun
a version of rummy in which a player may go out if the odd cards outside his sequences total less than ten pointsOften shortened to: gin
Word Origin for gin rummy
C20: from gin 1 + rummy 1, apparently from a humorous allusion to gin and rum
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