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- noun slang An
habitual drunkard ; a stupid person. - noun A
cocktail made fromrum ,applejack andlime juice. - adjective slang
Dulled orincapacitated byalcohol ;unconscious ;stupid .
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Examples
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A few additions to Joann Karges '"Rhyme and Jingle": hotchpotch, titbit (source of tidbit), and rumdum.
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I’m a little rumdum right now, but I’ll try to catch up.
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: FOUND! The Lost Notebook of Ana Marie Cox 2006
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He usually works with a rumdum robot that he built himself. "
Tek Net Shatner, William 1997
oroboros commented on the word rumdum
Bar rat, toper. "Nearer the main street there were a few tourist hotels with neon signs like icing on a cardboard cake, red-painted chili houses, a series of shabby taverns where the rumdums were congregating."
--Ross Macdonald, The Moving Target
August 18, 2009
yarb commented on the word rumdum
'She's a smart dame, all right. Too bad she's tied to a rumdum like Pete who can't even get his rhubarb up any more, so everybody says.'
- Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham
June 30, 2012