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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It was contained in a glass bowl, capable of holding two gallons, standing upon a single stalk, and bearing the appearance of a Brobdingnag rummer.
From Newton Forster by Marryat, Frederick
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
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
"Yes, but it was rummer still about Rosalind Nightingale—his Rosalind Nightingale, the one he knew."
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
“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 Leland, Charles Godfrey
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
