rummer

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rummer/ˈrʌmə/
noun a large stemmed drinking glass.
– origin C17: of Low Du. origin; rel. to Du. roemer.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rum1
noun an alcoholic spirit distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses.

N. Amer. any intoxicating drink.

– origin C17: perh. an abbrev. of obs. rumbullion, in the same sense.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rum2
adjective (rummer, rummest) Brit. informal, dated odd; peculiar.
– derivatives
rumly adverb,
rumness noun.
– origin C18: of unknown origin.
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