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)
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"Yes, but it was rummer still about Rosalind Nightingale—his Rosalind Nightingale, the one he knew."
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
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
"Tell me when you've done!" said I. "You're a cool customer, you are—ah! an' a rum un' at that—I never see a rummer."
From The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol
Robert returned with his rummer, the glass spoon tinkling an invitation.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant
It was contained in a glass bowl, capable of holding two gallons, standing upon a single stalk, and bearing the appearance of a Brobdignag rummer.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat
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