gin rummy
noun Cards.
Origin of gin rummy
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby gin rummy
gin and tonic,
gin block,
gin mill,
gin palace,
gin rickey,
gin rummy,
gin sling,
gina,
ginastera,
ginep,
ging
British Dictionary definitions for gin rummy
gin rummy
/ (dʒɪn) /
noun
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 for gin rummy
C20: from
gin
1 +
rummy
1, apparently from a humorous allusion to gin and rum