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rummer|ˈrʌmə(r)|
Also 7–8 romer, 7 rummar.
[Of Continental origin, and representing WFlem. rummer, rommer, or Du. romer, roemer, Fris. romer, LG. römer (hence Da. rømer, † rømmer), G. römer († roemer, 1589); the original meaning is perh. ‘Roman glass’.]
1. A kind of large drinking-glass. Also const. of (the contained liquor).
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. 234 Dispatching a lusty Rummer of Rhenish to little Periwig. 1668Davenant Man's the Master i. i, Then give him but a rummer,..and he will drink so kindly, as if he had the heart of a whale. 1673Dryden Amboyna i. i, Whilst in full Romers we our Friendship Crown. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 103 A large Rummer of Rhenish and Sugar. 1788V. Knox Winter Even. II. v. xii. 199 A real cup in the form of a common drinking glass or rummer. 1811Sir A. Fergusson in Lockhart Scott (1869) III. 325 Many a nice slice of ham, and rummer of hot punch. 1864C. Knight Passages Work. Life I. vi. 246 The bottle circulates briskly or the rummers are replenished. 1886T. Hardy Mayor Casterbr. v, A row of ancient rummers with ground figures on their sides.
2. attrib., as rummer-cup, rummer-glass.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Music, A Dutch man, who could break Rummer-Glasses with the Tone of his Voice. 1797S. James Narr. Voy. 49 The mate took with him some rummer glasses. 1828Scott F.M. Perth iii, Dorothy appeared bearing three large rummer cups. 1880Browning Dram. Idylls, Clive 16, I slap the table till no rummer-glass but shakes. |