From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrummyrum‧my /ˈrʌmi/ noun [uncountable] DGCa simple card game in which players try to collect series of cards
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rummy• They wore army fatigues and played brooding games of gin rummy, listening to dull rumbles from the sabotage site.• They'd enjoyed a game of snap or whist or gin rummy.• Nana and I sat at her kitchen table eating Fannie Mae chocolates and playing gin rummy.• Victoria had been playing gin rummy with her, and Shelley had come to take over.Origin rummy (1900-2000) Perhaps from rummy “strange” ((19-20 centuries)), from rum “strange” ((18-21 centuries)), probably from rome “excellent” ((16-19 centuries)) 