gin rummy
noun
,
Cards.
1.
gin
4
(def 1).
Origin
1940-45
Examples from the web for
gin rummy
We ate our pizza on paper napkins and played
gin rummy
in the tack room.
Even so, his ascetic austerity drew the line at
gin rummy
, which he delighted to play of an evening.
British Dictionary definitions for
gin rummy
gin rummy
/
dʒɪn
/
noun
1.
a version of rummy in which a player may go out if the odd cards outside his sequences total less than ten points
Often shortened to
gin
Word Origin
C20: from
gin
1
+
rummy
1
, apparently from a humorous allusion to gin and rum