"rummer" a quantity of spirit that four fingers would never half conceal. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
Then I made him a rummer of toddy and sent him to bed a trifle comforted. From Wordnik.com. [Prester John] Reference
And she took the old glass -- a rummer it was -- and she carried it very daintily to the boys and bowed. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
The other man did not stir until his officer was out of sight; and then he arose and rubbed himself, but did not care to go for his rummer of hot grog. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
He took the bauble, and set it on the foot of a rummer which stood on the table; and in half a minute he had the counterpart in size, shape, and line; but without the inscription. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
Not a rummer was allowed to stand empty for an instant. From Wordnik.com. [Rookwood] Reference
'His gills'll look rummer when he wakes; won't they?' says Bob. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
There's I myself, and Lady L----, you'll seldom meet a rummer set. From Wordnik.com. [History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2)] Reference
I'm sure you have all heard the rummer that Adobe CS5 has been leaked. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - Geeks!] Reference
The book rummer was Robert W. Baird and the co-manager was D.A. Davidson. From Wordnik.com. [24/7 Wall St.] Reference
It was composed by my pet baboon, Juniper, over a rummer of Hollands and water. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4] Reference
Chivdasi dui 'dre lakis putsi, te pendas Yag-bar, "Tu sosti rummer o rye, Saster!". From Wordnik.com. [The Gypsies] Reference
That loud call of the faith evidently made Dizful a rummer place than it normally was. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
Tom filled a rummer of grog, took half off at a huge sip, and put it down on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Faithful] Reference
He has had (though I speak only by guess) a rummer of hot toddy to celebrate the greatest of all. From Wordnik.com. [Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned] Reference
"And I'll make a sup of something hot for you; you'll take a rummer-glass of punch -- you must.". From Wordnik.com. [J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3] Reference
He went under the stairs, and produced a bottle of cider-wine, of which they drank a rummer each. From Wordnik.com. [Jude the Obscure] Reference
It was composed by my pet baboon, Juniper, over a rummer of Hollands and water, hot, without sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I] Reference
rummer followed rummer, and still the Creole woman sang at intervals, and still the company smoked and drank. From Wordnik.com. [The Nebuly Coat] Reference
On one was depicted a "human anatomy," holding a rummer, or glass, of punch in one bony hand, and a flaming sword in the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers] Reference
Each guest took a large rummer glass of the sparkling beverage, which Peveril had judgment and experience enough to pronounce exquisite. From Wordnik.com. [Peveril of the Peak] Reference
Rizard or Finnan harddies, or a dish of oysters, with a glass of Edinburgh ale, and a rummer of toddy, concluded these friendly evenings. From Wordnik.com. [James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.]
The Major thinks of asking why it should be rummer the second time than the first, but decides not to, and sips his toddy, and pats the hand that is under his. From Wordnik.com. [Somehow Good] Reference
A bottle of cider-wine, of which they drank a rummer each. From Wordnik.com. [Jude the Obscure] Reference
‘His gills’ll look rummer when he wakes; won’t they?’ says Bob. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
‘There’s rummer things than women in this world though, mind you,’ said the man with the black eye, slowly filling a large. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
Offers me the rummer. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads] Reference
Whan first I syndit out my rummer. From Wordnik.com. [XII. The Scotmans Return from Abroad] Reference
And certainly ne'er did a queerer or rummer set. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference
"but you'll see rummer rigs than that before long, when you go up the. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea] Reference
Salt -- rummer. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Association in Insanity] Reference
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