Lexicographical Neighbors of Rummish
Literary usage of Rummish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... as well as his other goods, so that he has nothing now left but some few pieces
of his own writing, and a few old rummish books of history, printed. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Rummel, o. rumble. Rummel buck, o. a riotous boy. rummish, G. rummage, ransack ;
rather droll. Rump and stump, o. entirely, completely. ..."
3. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"... the leg, at his little box near Epsom : where, if report speak true, many "
rummish plants" are concocted. He does not play billiards often, ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... the leg, at his little box near Epsom : where, if report speak true, many "
rummish plants " are concocted. He does not play billiards often, ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1869)
"... the leg, at his little box near Epsom: where, if report speak true, many "
rummish plants " are concocted. He does not play billiards often, ..."
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