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)

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Example Sentences

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rummer

“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

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

"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

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 William Frend De Morgan

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 Frederick Marryat

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