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Definition of Rummers
1. rummer [n] - See also: rummer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rummers
Literary usage of Rummers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Byways of Collecting by Ethel Deane (1908)
"CHAPTER XIII OLD GLASS Venetian Glass—Eighteenth-century English Glass—Wine
Glasses—" rummers " and Mugs—Cut Glass—Celebrated Factories—Hints as to ..."
2. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1826)
"and do you hear, a bottle of champaign and two rummers !—rummers ! Mind !—Not a
word to him! ... [Fills the rummers.] Come, drink and wash away grief! ..."
3. Literary and Historical Memorials of London by John Heneage Jesse (1847)
"13 and 15, in which formerly stood the celebrated " rummers' Tavern," the ...
Not many years since, the " rummers ' " was converted into a house of very ..."
4. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"And, do you hear? a bottle of Champaigne and two rummers !—rummers ! Mind !—Not
a word to him!—[Exit OFFICER.]—Five thousand ! ..."
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