rummy
1 Americannoun
noun
adjective
adjective
noun
adjective
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adjective
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of rummy1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; perhaps special use of rummy 3
Origin of rummy2
First recorded in 1840–45; rum 1 + -y 1
Origin of rummy3
Example Sentences
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In his Jeeves stories, Bertie Wooster is briefly employed by a magazine called Milady's Boudoir, which was housed "in one of those rummy streets in the Covent Garden neighbourhood".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
On a recent afternoon, Russian-speaking immigrants, many of them retirees, played dominoes and rummy at picnic tables in West Hollywood’s Plummer Park, nicknamed Gorky Park after Moscow’s famous green space.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022
"She always thinks of others first, and she stays positive no matter what, even when I beat her at our favorite game of gin rummy!"
From Fox News • Dec. 28, 2021
Roberta later would take her own three children on similar long educational road trips, as well as regularly touring the world with Rowena while they continued a gin rummy game that reportedly lasted for decades.
From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2020
It had been more than a few days since I’d dropped it in the mailbox, before playing gin rummy with Mr. Scanlon.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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