n. A card game, played in many variations, in which the object is to obtain melds of three or more cards of the same rank or three or more consecutive cards of the same suit. [Origin unknown.] |
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n. pl. rum·mies Slang A drunkard. |
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adj. rum·mi·er, rum·mi·est Chiefly British Odd, strange, or dangerous; rum. |
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