rummer

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English

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Etymology 1

Partly from Dutch roemer, rummer (West Flanders); partly from Middle Low German römer; partly from German Römer (Roman person or thing), named because it was made in glassworks dating from the Roman era. See also roemer; and for the etymology compare Romeware.

Noun

rummer (plural rummers)

  1. A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem.
    • 1793, James Boswell, “Journals 1789–1795”, in Danziger, Brady, editors, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 241:
      I won, and regaled myself with cold roast beef and rummers of punch.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rummer

  1. comparative form of rum: more rum

Danish

Verb

rummer

  1. present of rumme