rummer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rummer
1645–55; < Dutch roemer large wine glass, especially for Rhine wine, perhaps derivative of roemen to praise (as in drinking a toast)
Example Sentences
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The other man did not stir until his officer was out of sight; and then he arose and rubbed himself, but did not care to go for his rummer of hot grog.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Sen. He refused to pledge the last rummer; so I am out of charity with him.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
I have had this morning a desperate design in my head to attack you in verse, which I should certainly have done could I have found out a rhyme to rummer.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury
On one was depicted a "human anatomy," holding a rummer, or glass, of punch in one bony hand, and a flaming sword in the other.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Philip Gosse
“So ’p mi-Duvel!” penned the rye, “if tute nashered sār booti covvas for mandy, I’ll rummer tute.”
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Charles Godfrey Leland
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