rummer

[ruhm-er]

noun

a large drinking glass or cup.

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)

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Examples from the Web for rummer

Historical Examples of rummer

Aunt was aghast at the mortalities among the rummer glasses.
Miss Eden's Letters
Emily Eden
The Rummer is introduced by Hogarth into his picture of "Night."
Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2)
John Timbs
Then I made him a rummer of toddy and sent him to bed a trifle comforted.
Prester John
John Buchan
The rummer the go is, Adam, the quicker we ought to be about it.
Memoirs of a Midget
Walter de la Mare
Rummer's standing in his class was 22, where Lyon's was 11 and Totten's 25.
The Struggle for Missouri
John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for rummer

rummer

noun

a drinking glass, typically having an ovoid bowl on a short stem

Word Origin for rummer

C17: from Dutch roemer a glass for drinking toasts, from roemen to praise

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