rummy 1
/rum"ee/ , n.
any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences. Also called rum .
[ 1905-10, Amer.; perh. special use of RUMMY 3 ]
rummy 2
/rum"ee/ , n. , pl. rummies , adj.
n.
1. Slang. a drunkard.
adj.
2. of or like rum.
[ 1850-55; RUM 1 + -Y 1 ]
rummy 3
/rum"ee/ , adj., rummier, rummiest . Chiefly Brit. Slang.
odd; peculiar.
[ 1820-30; RUM 2 + -Y 1 ]