10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUMMEST»
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rummest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rummest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform: Collected Works of ...
Set me down for slang but rum, rummer, rummest are the only words in the
Queen's English to apply to the Queen's Army. The W.O. (unfortunates) go into
fight with flanks exposed (purposely, as it seems). The Cavalry attack them on
one side, ...
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Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform: Collected Works of ...
Set me down for slang but rum, rummer, rummest are the only words in the
Queen's English to apply to the Queen's Army. The W.O. (unfortunates) go into
fight with flanks exposed (purposely, as it seems). The Cavalry attack them on
one side, ...
Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald, 2012
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The United States Service Magazine
... of "commissary," that is to say whiskey, sallied forth to breast the wire- edge of
the norther. Smallweed said he must return to camp, and would ride with me. "
The rummest thing, Bill," he exclaimed, grinning, as soon as we were mounted, ...
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Comic Songs and Recitations, with a selection of toasts and ...
Silence, ailencel go on there.—Who do you appear for, Mr. Bother'em P-Peter
Popahout ; I'm the rummest cove in the kingdom.-—D0es Mr. Popahout owe this
money P—Not a mam—What do you know -about this P—Nothing; I'm the
rummest ...
But the " rummest card " heard none of these observations. He crossed the road,
and went on his way serenely, taking up the thread of his interrupted musings as
though nothing had occurred, " Fools — fools all ! " he murmured. " Thieves steal
...
said Mr. Squirl, as soon as he got his breath — " one of the rummest of goes I
ever came across in the whole course of my experience !" " You may say that, Mr.
Hess," returned his wife, who, during his absence had not stood quietly with her ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1861
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Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present: A-FI
'And of all places in it New York is the rummest. And hack-drivin' is the rummest
business, leadin' one into the rummest secrets. Another passenger to the "
Rookery." lwonder whether the other boys its as man customers to that place as
uke ...
John Stephen Farmer, 1986
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz
'This is a rum world,' said the driver, with a chuckle, as he drove up the street. '
And of all places in it New York is the rummest. And hack-drivin' is the rummest
business, leadin' one into the rummest secrets. Another passenger to the "
Rookery.
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1890
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
They are the rummest Christians you ever seed. Just look at the head of them—
that Mr Clayton, rolling in riches"— “ In what?" said I, interrupting him. “ You
mistake. The little that he had is lost." “ Oh, don't you be gammoned," was the
reply.
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
... with their ragged ponies touching noses and dosing and nodding at one
another, unanimously agreed that for " a gemman and a sportsman, it were all to
nothing the rummest turn-out ever they zeed." In a few minutes a breeze sprang
up, ...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUMMEST»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
rummest is used in the context of the following news items.
The Who's 50 Greatest Songs
FROM MOD ANTHEMS to ballads for paranoid dictators, via the rummest cast-list in rock – transvestites, seaside idiots, invading armies – The Who's songs have ... «MOJO, Jul 15»
The Game, BBC Two
Which made the rummest thing in Toby Whithouse's six-parter the character of its hero, Joe Lambe, played by Tom Hughes. Hughes has cheekbones to die for, ... «The Arts Desk, May 15»
MOJO's 50 Best Albums Of 2014: The Final Score
... electro-pop fruggers, Congolese ur-groovers, rising stars and trusted artisans, Golden Gods and grotty rappers from Notts convene at one of the rummest and ... «MOJO, Nov 14»
Professional kryptonite from a devil's advocate
Of all the rum subjects chosen by academics, leadership may well be the rummest. Barbara Kellerman, the James MacGregor Burns lecturer in public leadership ... «Financial Times, Apr 12»
Saddles Down Under
Incidentally, all the teams taking part flew in with either Malaysia or Singapore Airlines; Saddles, for his part, flew Korean Air in what was perhaps the rummest ... «Yahoo! Eurosport UK, Jan 12»
Fraser's Phrases: It's A Rum Do
As for Glenn Miller, the rummest of all. There are other terms that do similar jobs, of course: Kerfuffle, as any fan of Little Britain can tell you, beautifully downplays ... «Anglophenia, Dec 11»
Top 50 saltiest (and rummest) pirate movies
This early yarn of derring-do on the high seas starred Milton Sills as a wealthy baronet who is framed for the murder of his future brother-in-law by his rotten half ... «Sky Movies, Jul 11»
An Anniversary Tribute to the Ultimate Smiths Album, 'The Queen Is …
And the rummest pun in lyrical history – "we gravely read the stones." Anything at all, just to keep the conversation going and build a shared language for a few ... «RollingStone.com, Jun 11»
Cargo handling company NW Trading shaken by backdated rates bill
Instead, in one of the rummest bits of political chicanery displayed even by this Government, Labour invoked a 17th century parliamentary procedure, known as ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 09»
