2. Noun. (obsolete) (plural of rummage) ¹
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Definition of Rummages
1. rummage [v] - See also: rummage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rummages
Literary usage of Rummages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Drama and the Stage by Ludwig Lewisohn (1922)
"She "rummages in his brain as one rummages in drawers." She diminishes the
preciousness of love by her eagerness and the haste of her consents. ..."
2. Yoga: Or, Transformation; a Comparative Statement of the Various Religious by William Joseph Flagg (1898)
"But he who rummages the records concerning these revelations until he finds out,
as he will if he rummages deep, that all are from one and the same occult, ..."
3. Yoga: Or, Transformation; a Comparative Statement of the Various Religious by William Joseph Flagg (1898)
"But he who rummages the records concerning these revelations until he finds out,
as he will if he rummages deep, that all are from one and the same occult, ..."
4. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"... a single suspender of yellow listing ; he runs, lies in wait, rummages about,
wastes time, blackens pipes, swears like a convict, haunts the wine-shop, ..."
5. The American in Paris by John Sanderson (1838)
"There is an officer who examines; we know each other ; he knocks off the top of
the boxes, rummages the calico with great fuss and ceremony, and the silks ..."