as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
most mornings a dazed old rummy sits on the steps with a bottle in a paper bag
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Recent Examples of rummy
Founded by Marc Farrell, a native of Trinidad & Tobago who was Starbucks’ youngest VP before leaving to follow his rummy dreams, this is a blend of sourced column-still rum from the Dominican Republic and Jamaican pot-still rum.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Picture sweet potato crème brûlée inside the shell of a sweet potato: a rummy, spicy sweet potato caramel, and a topper of meringue.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
This isn't the kind of beach for arcade games on the boardwalk or rummy drinks under a palapa, but rather natural-feeling beaches, independent bookstores and restaurants, and even a lavender farm with views of the Olympic Mountains.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
Laurie Mandeville-Beaudette lost her 83-year-old father, James Mandeville, a Navy veteran, prankster, and relentlessly competitive card shark who favored rummy and cribbage.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Picture sweet potato crème brûlée inside the shell of a sweet potato: a rummy, spicy sweet potato caramel, and a topper of meringue.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
This isn't the kind of beach for arcade games on the boardwalk or rummy drinks under a palapa, but rather natural-feeling beaches, independent bookstores and restaurants, and even a lavender farm with views of the Olympic Mountains.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
Laurie Mandeville-Beaudette lost her 83-year-old father, James Mandeville, a Navy veteran, prankster, and relentlessly competitive card shark who favored rummy and cribbage.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rummy
alcoholic
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Erdoğan’s speeches are full of practical advice about how to destroy the left, such as calling progressives lazy, impractical alcoholics funded by globalist lobbies and contrasting the efficiency of an imperial president with the messiness of parliamentary policymaking.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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The story of who Brooke Shields is — the Lolita of the ‘80s, the daughter of an alcoholic, a former Ivy Leaguer, a survivor of postpartum depression — is laid out clearly by Shields in her own words, with help from her celebrity friends and loved ones.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Rummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rummy. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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