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Rum-ville

Rum-ville proper noun: london, England.

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

Forms of Rum-ville

alternative formRom-vile
alternative formRome-vile
alternative formRome-ville
alternative formRomeville
alternative formRome-vyle
alternative formRome vyle
alternative formRum File
alternative formRum-vile
alternative formRum ville
alternative formRum-vill
alternative formRumville

Origin of Rum-ville

From rum (“good, fine, excellent”) + -ville (“town, city”).

Questions about Rum-ville

What does Rum-ville mean?
Rum-ville means london, England.
What part of speech is Rum-ville?
Rum-ville is a proper noun.

Words near Rum-ville in the dictionary

  1. rum-pum-pum-pum
  2. rum-runner
  3. rum-runners
  4. rum-tum
  5. rum-tums
  6. Rum-ville
  7. Rumadiya
  8. Rumadiyah
  9. rumake
  10. rumaki
  11. rumakis

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