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strummel

/ˈstɹʌməl/

strummel is the alternative spelling of strommel.

Meaning of strommel

Noun

strommel (uncountable)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Straw.
    • My doxy I have by the Salomon a doxy, that carries a kinchin mort in her slat at her backe, besides my dell and my dainty wild del, with all whom I'le tumble this next darkmans in the strommel, and drinke ben bause, and eate a fat gruntling cheate, a cackling cheae, and a quacking cheate.1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girle, Tudor Facsimile Texts, published 1914
  2. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Hair.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:strommel.

Words that rhyme with strummel

Questions about strummel

What is strummel the alternative spelling of?
Strummel is the alternative spelling of strommel.
How do you pronounce strummel?
Strummel is pronounced /ˈstɹʌməl/.

Words near strummel in the dictionary

  1. Strumica
  2. strumiferous
  3. strumiform
  4. strumitis
  5. strummed
  6. strummel
  7. strummer
  8. strummers
  9. strummeth
  10. strumming
  11. strummingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strummel (page history and authors); strommel (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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