rummest

There was a couple went there once ... the rummest couple I ever saw in my life.

The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

Well, that's the rummest reason I ever heard a man give for quitting.

The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance 1916

"Well, if this ain't the rummest go, I'm a perisher!"

The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915

"It's the rummest go I ever came across," Richard remarked reminiscently.

The Zeppelin's Passenger 1906

They're the rummest lot of scrubs you ever saw -- stupid drudges who live round in all sorts of holes and don't amount to anything.

The Cost 1904

He had tried hard not to think what "Booster's" face would look like; he had tried hard not to laugh as long as Peggy's head was on his shoulder, for fear of hurting her feelings; but when she took it off he did give one half-strangled snort; for it really was the rummest thing that had ever happened to him.

The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1904

Well it is the rummest thing I ever heard of -- marrying an old husband again, and so much new blood in the world!

Jude the Obscure 1896

Well it is the rummest thing I ever heard of -- marrying an old husband again, and so much new blood in the world!

Jude the Obscure 1894

They're the rummest lot of scrubs you ever saw -- stupid drudges who live round in all sorts of holes and don't amount to anything.

The Cost David Graham Phillips 1889

"These," said the latter, when they were seated, and clinging with their little dusky arms round his legs, "are the very rummest little kids I ever came across."

With Edged Tools Henry Seton Merriman 1882