rummy

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  1. noun A card game, played in many variations, in which the object is to obtain sets of three or more cards of the same rank or suit.
  2. noun Slang A drunkard.
  3. adjective Chiefly British Odd, strange, or dangerous; rum.

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  • He was a whiz at gin rummy, but she thrashed him soundly at poker. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • In your heart of hearts, you think a Richard kind of rummy is going to stoke up on some sweet lucy or a tankard of muscatel, and so you just don't dip into the wallet for somebody like that. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • Besides, who am I going to play gin rummy or take long lunch hours with Miss me? —  Muller, Marcia - [14] Wolf in the shadows
  • So the jury began to deliberate and Vic and Don played gin rummy, while I made phone   calls, and waited, that first evening. —  TEDBUNDY
  • Tignor announced this game would be Gypsy-gin-rummy, a variation of the other. —  The Gravedigger’s Daughter
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