rummy

Example Sentences

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In his Jeeves stories, Bertie Wooster is briefly employed by a magazine called Milady's Boudoir, which was housed "in one of those rummy streets in the Covent Garden neighbourhood".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

A friendship blossoms thanks to a shared affection for gin rummy, but Jones slowly reveals Fish’s tenderness, the possibility of romance spreading out in front of him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

During tough negotiations over a child care bill with Bob Packwood of Oregon, he challenged her to a game of gin rummy.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Roberta later would take her own three children on similar long educational road trips, as well as regularly touring the world with Rowena while they continued a gin rummy game that reportedly lasted for decades.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2020

Hilly shuffles and deals out a hand of gin rummy.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett