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Brummagem
Brummagem Brum"ma*gem, a. [Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., ``the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry,' etc.] Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] ``These Brummagem gentry.' --Lady D. Hardy.
Rummage
Rummage Rum"mage, v. i. To search a place narrowly. I have often rummaged for old books in Little Britain and Duck Lane. --Swift. [His house] was haunted with a jolly ghost, that . . . . . . rummaged like a rat. --Tennyson.
Rummage
Rummage Rum"mage (?; 48), n. [For roomage, fr. room; hence originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See Room.] 1. (Naut.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage. [Obs.] 2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over. He has made such a general rummage and reform in the office of matrimony. --Walpole. Rummage sale, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in a shop. --Simmonds.
Rummage
Rummage Rum"mage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rummaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Rummaging.] 1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. [Obs.] They might bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging. --Hakluyt. 2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf. He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. --Howell. What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M. Arnold.
Rummage sale
Rummage Rum"mage (?; 48), n. [For roomage, fr. room; hence originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See Room.] 1. (Naut.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage. [Obs.] 2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over. He has made such a general rummage and reform in the office of matrimony. --Walpole. Rummage sale, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in a shop. --Simmonds.
Rummaged
Rummage Rum"mage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rummaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Rummaging.] 1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. [Obs.] They might bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging. --Hakluyt. 2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf. He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. --Howell. What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M. Arnold.
Rummager
Rummager Rum"ma*ger, n. 1. One who rummages. 2. (Naut.) A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager. [Obs.] The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a romager, to range and bestow all merchandise. --Hakluyt.
Rummaging
Rummage Rum"mage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rummaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Rummaging.] 1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. [Obs.] They might bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging. --Hakluyt. 2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf. He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. --Howell. What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M. Arnold.
Scrummage
Scrummage Scrum"mage (?; 43), n. See Scrimmage.
scrummage
Scrimmage Scrim"mage (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish. ``Sore scrymmishe.' --Ld. Berners.]] [Written also scrummage.] 1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle. 2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.

Meaning of Rumma from wikipedia

- Abū l-Ḥārith Ghaylān b. ʿUqba, generally known as Dhū al-Rumma ('the one with the fra**** cord', possibly referring to a cord amulet; c. 696 – c. 735)...
- Indrek Rumma (born 14 September 1969) is an Estonian basketball player. He was born in Tallinn. In 1987, he graduated from Estonian Sports Gymnasium (TSIK)...
- and majolica from the various royal residences In 2022, art dealer Lia Rumma donated more than 70 works made by 30 prominent Italian artists – including...
- in a string of mishaps while serving patrons H****an ben Sober and Ginna Rumma. A culinary incident ensues when spaghetti inadvertently splatters onto...
- linguistic and cultural sub-groups: the Anok, Tshüngma, Dömrong, Dopteng, and Rümma. The Mru of Bangladesh and Myanmar are known as the Mro, Mrucha and Taung-Mro...
- more notable ones being Mayya Bint Muqatil the lover of the Arab poet Dhul-Rumma In Hebrew Maya can be derived from the word Mayim (מים) which means Water...
- Nefeli (2009). Desert Travel as a Form of Boasting: A Study of D̲ū R-Rumma's Poetry. Otto Harr****owitz Verlag. p. 60. ISBN 978-3447061124. Lovecraft...
- and Rumma. Anok: largest and central Tshungma: in the north Domrong: in the lowlands north of the Matamuri Dopreng: in far south and into Arakan Rumma: in...
- ('riddle-poem of the Arabs') is a qaṣīda by the early eighth-century CE poet Dhū al-rumma containing the earliest substantial collection of Arabic riddles, thought...
- Anglo-Romani (literally "English Romani"; also known as Angloromany, Rummaness, or Pogadi Chib) is a Para-Romani dialect spoken by the Romanichal, a...