10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUMMISH»
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rummish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Fisher's Daughter, Or, The Wanderings of Wolf, and the ...
No matter, I am a rummish kind of a fellow myself; you know lads ! I don't like
crooked paths and bye-ways, when there is one plain [down-right straight one for
a man to steer his compass by, when once he is sure of a woman's affections !
Catherine George Ward,
1824
2
The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire, Transcribed from Private ...
... I've seen you home, so now good bye, I'm Yorkshire, tho' in London." My
pockets soon I rummish'd over, Cautious ever, cautious ever ; My pockets soon I
rummish'd over, Found there a diamond THE YOBKSHIBEMAN IN LONDON. 295
.
Christopher James Davison Ingledew,
1860
3
Land sharks and sea gulls
Rummish, sir." " Kummish, indeed ! You're a rum fellow, Mr. Maul," said
Leatherlungs, half jocularly. " Come, down with you, and teU the sergeant of
marines to clap a sentry over the cutter on the quarter ; and let him have the
strictest orders ...
William Nugent Glascock,
1859
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
RUMMISH,ao_'j. Cum.Yks. Wil. Also writtenrumish Wil. Eru'mi , rn'ml .] Rather
ueer, droll. Cum.', w.Yks. _I.W. Wil. Low GI. (189:3 RUMMISH, RUMMISS, see
Rummage, Rumish. RUMMLE, see Rommel, sh", Rumble, v.
RUMMLEDETHUMP ...
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The universal songster: or, Museum of mirth: forming the ...
... Yorkshire 'twould be but queer fun VVhat in London they call the best breeding
; For, to save gentry being unruly, At the doors Bow-street runners attend, sirs,
Which you'd think but a rummish way, truly, Of receiving your intimate friends, sirs
.
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The Harmonists' Preceptor, Or Treasury of Mirth: Being a New ...
... For to save gentry being unruly, At the doors Bow-street runners attend, sirs,
Which you'd think but a rummish way truly, 0f receiving your intimate friends, sir.
Rumpti, 8m. Such ushing, such shoving, such thrusting, An running, good places
to ...
M. BRYANT (of the Coburg Theatre.),
1825
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American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine
'Rummish go, I think,' said Mr. Jorrocks, as it gradually unfolded, and a note,
which had made it double, fell on the floor; 'rum go indeed!' and having stretched
it out, he picked up the note, laid them both on the table, while he took another
sip of ...
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The Universal Songster, Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the ...
... At the doors Bow-street runners attend, sirs, Which you'd think but a rummish
way, truly, Of receiving your intimate friends, sirs. Rumpti iddity, &c. Such pushing
, such shoving, such thrusting, And running, good places to get, sir ', Said old ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Oddness; singularity: 1899, Eden Phillpotts: s. rummish . Rather odd or peculiar:
1826. Ex RUM, adj., 2. rummy , adj. Odd; singular: 1828, Sporting Magazine, 'A
neat, but rather rummy looking blue pony'. Moncrieff's 'rummy Spitalfields wipes' ...
10
Book of Snobs: By One of Themselves
... a friendly way with Hocus, the leg, at his little box near Epsom, where, if report
speak true, many 'rummish plants' are concocted. He does not play billiards often,
and never in public: but when he does play, he always contrives to get hold of ...
William Makepeace Thackeray,
2011