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rummy
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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rum·my1
/ ˈrəmē/
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n.
a card game, sometimes played with two decks, in which the players try to form sets and sequences of cards.
rum·my2
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adj.
(-mi·er
, -mi·est
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another term for rum2 .
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Online Rummy Proves to be a Successful Concept.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 12/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...after launching the world's first online Rummy room, RummyRoyal.com held the biggest online Rummy tournament with a guaranteed prize of $10...the company and for the longevity of online Rummy. Rummy, like poker, is a generic name that...
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GameColony.com to Endorse the World Series of Gin Rummy(TM) - A Gin Rummy Association Event; 2nd Annual Event Aims to Be Largest Gin Rummy Competition Worldwide.
PR Newswire; 2/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...will endorse the 2nd Annual World Series of Gin Rummy(TM) event, produced by the Gin Rummy Association, on April 27-30, 2003 at the...conjunction with the tournament organizer, the Gin Rummy Association, GameColony.com anticipates hundreds...
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32Red Plc. Joins RM Royal Media's Online Rummy Network.
PR Newswire Europe; 7/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...32Red has Joined the World's Leading Rummy Network Provided by RM Royal Media. Players can now Enjoy Online Rummy Games at 32RedRummy.com as Well as RummyRoyal.com 32Red has launched a new online rummy room on a platform provided by RM Royal...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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RUMMY NEEDS TO SELL THE WAR _ TO SPONSORS.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/16/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: MAUREEN DOWD The overbearing Rummy is not used to being challenged, so he...jobs to go back to. (Besides, what can Rummy do to punish reservists who push back...the spirit of giving, I'd like to give Rummy a lifeline to escape the flak over armor...
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Gin Rummy Proves Online Poker is 'Not The Only Game'.
PR Newswire Europe; 2/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...GameAccount.com Hosts 2007 Online Rummy World Championship What card game links legendary...remember it as the card game of your youth - Gin Rummy. Before the incredible rise of poker, gin rummy was the only game in town. Easy to learn...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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RUMMY'S MISSION INVISIBLE.(Editorial)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...tremble. "Calm down," I told her. "Rummy was in the Rose Garden on Monday when Bush...couldn't have been him," she said. "Rummy would never stand for that. He has his...Rumsfeld last year. And she had a point. Rummy had all but vanished in the past six weeks...
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THE WORLD'S HAD A TUMMY FULL OF RUMMY.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...Goodness, gracious! Will that dadburn Rummy ever follow any of his own rules? Rumsfeld...Six prominent retired generals say that Rummy discounted the dangers in Iraq and managed...art of listening. W should have fired Rummy long ago, after the sick ening news of...
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[ Rummy's 'ruffles' aren't the problem... ]
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 4/21/2006; 700+ words
; At first Rummy was reluctant to talk about the agonizing...prefer to let a little time walk over it," Rummy told reporters at a Pentagon briefing Tuesday...to the 21st-century information age, Rummy said, you're bound to cause "a lot of...
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RUMMY, HILLARY AND WAR'S POLITICAL MORASS.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...being, who was the shrew? Hillary was trying to bring Rummy to heel, and Rummy was trying to exert manly control over Hillary. The...acts, first sending a letter summoning the reluctant Rummy to appear before the Armed Services Committee, then...
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[ Hu da man? Ask Dick, Rummy & Kid... ]
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 4/28/2006; 700+ words
; Dick and Rummy are in Karl's old office, eating Chinese...leftovers. "Serves Karl right, by golly," Rummy says. "He's so arrogant. Won't listen...tried to lead a democratic uprising against Rummy. "Here's to winning the Battle of the...
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rummy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
rummy card game played by two to six players with...all his cards wins. A variation is knock rummy, in which a player may wait to meld seven...and all others for their pip values. Gin rummy, a variant invented in 1909, became immensely...
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gin rummy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
gin rummy see rummy .
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la Cava, Gregory
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Jerry on the Job" series) (animated short) 1920 Smokey Smokes (and) Lampoons ("Judge Rummy Cartoons" series) (animated short); Judge Rummy in Bear Facts (animated short); Kats Is Kats ("Krazy Kat Cartoon") (animated short...
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gin
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavored with juniper berries. 2. (also gin rummy ) a two-handed form of the card game rummy in which players are dealt ten cards each and attempt to produce a hand in which the point value...
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The Dreyfus Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Lynch. A short time later, however, a specialist on the New York Stock Exchange was impressed with the way Dreyfus played gin rummy, and suggested that he might do well on the trading floor. Dreyfus scraped together the money needed to buy an Exchange seat...
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