rummer

American  

[ruhm-er] / ˈrʌm ər /

noun

1. a large drinking glass or cup.

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rummer British  

/ ˈrʌmə /

noun

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

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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

Rizard or Finnan harddies, or a dish of oysters, with a glass of Edinburgh ale, and a rummer of toddy, concluded these friendly evenings.

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel

Wet wickets this season, boys, seldom a rummer set, But they anyhow seem to have suited Young Zummerset!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 by Various

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 Gosse, Philip

The Major thinks of asking why it should be rummer the second time than the first, but decides not to, and sips his toddy, and pats the hand that is under his.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

An', man, I was a blithe hame-comer Whan first I syndit out my rummer.

From Underwoods by Stevenson, Robert Louis