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gin rummy

gin rummy noun: a card-holding game and variant of rummy.

Noun

gin rummy (uncountable)

  1. A card-holding game and variant of rummy.
    • What is your latest foible? / Is gin rummy more exquisite? / Is skiing more enjoyable?1943, “I'm A Stranger Here Myself”, Ogden Nash (lyrics), Kurt Weill (music)
    • Having discovered a birthday in common, they began, as strangers do when thrown together in a novel circumstance, to seek other matching data in their life histories, like players at gin rummy seeking to fill out a run or three of a kind.1979, Mary McCarthy, Cannibals and Missionaries, A Novel
    Synonyms:
    gin

Synonyms of gin rummy

Questions about gin rummy

What does gin rummy mean?
Gin rummy means a card-holding game and variant of rummy.
What part of speech is gin rummy?
Gin rummy is a noun.

Words near gin rummy in the dictionary

  1. gin palaces
  2. gin pennant
  3. gin pennants
  4. gin pole
  5. gin poles
  6. gin rummy
  7. gin sling
  8. gin slings
  9. gin spinner
  10. gin spinners
  11. gin up

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