rummy
noun
any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.
rummies
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pluralof rummy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Cap'n Sproul and me ain't rummies, and you can't make it out so, not even if you stand here and talk till you spit feathers.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
Yes, Mr. Strong, and I tell you the rummies will almost hold a prayer-meeting when you leave Milton.
From The Crucifixion of Philip Strong by Charles Monroe Sheldon
This particular district was sharply split by the temperance party and the rummies.
From Confessions of Boyhood by John Albee
There are two kinds of men—gentlemen and rummies.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page
I was walkin' in my sleep as nice as you please when those rummies lep' on me.
From Going Some by Rex Ellingwood Beach
