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rum gos

rum gos is the plural of rum go.

Meaning of rum go

Noun

rum go (plural rum gos)

  1. (Cockney, dated, slang) A peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc.
    • ‘Here’s rayther a rum go, sir,’ replied Sam. / ‘What?’ inquired Mr. Pickwick. / ‘This here, Sir,’ rejoined Sam. ‘I’m wery much afeerd, sir, that the properiator o' this here coach is a playin' some imperence vith us.’1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXV, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    rum one, rum start, rum 'un

Questions about rum gos

What is rum gos the plural of?
Rum gos is the plural of rum go.

Words near rum gos in the dictionary

  1. rum deal
  2. rum deals
  3. rum fit
  4. rum fits
  5. rum go
  6. rum gos
  7. rum ham
  8. rum hole
  9. rum holes
  10. rum mill
  11. rum mills

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