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

So she lelled a mullo baulor ap her dumo and wussered it ’pré the haumescro pré saw the foki, an’ penned, “Lel the mullo baulor an’ rummer it, an’ mandy’ll dick pauli the chavos.”

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

I have had this morning a desperate design in my head to attack you in verse, which I should certainly have done could I have found out a rhyme to rummer.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

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

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

“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

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 Marryat, Frederick