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Romeville

Romeville is the alternative spelling of Rum-ville.

Meaning of Rum-ville

Proper noun

Rum-ville

  1. (UK, archaic, thieves' cant) London, England.
    • "And said if we'd meet him at the boozing-ken with the dell and kinchin co, he'd carry them off to Rum-ville," continued the first speaker.1861, Lady Esther Hope, The Blue Dwarf, page 21

Questions about Romeville

What is Romeville the alternative spelling of?
Romeville is the alternative spelling of Rum-ville.

Words near Romeville in the dictionary

  1. Romesburg
  2. Romesburgs
  3. romesco
  4. Romescot
  5. Romescots
  6. Romeville
  7. Romeward
  8. Romewards
  9. Romex
  10. Romey
  11. Romeyka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Romeville (page history and authors); Rum-ville (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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